[warlock1001]

Boot from Vista DVD
Select Repair Options
when it finds your Vista installation press next
When you are at the advanced options screen select Command Prompt
Navigate to C:\Windows\WinSxS

C: being the drive your Windows Vista is installed on, mine was on D: in command prompt

This is how

C: (Press Enter)
cd windows (Press Enter)
cd winsxs (Press Enter)

Now you should be at this screen

C:\Windows\WinSxS:>

type in here

del pending.xml (Press Enter)

Now restart, it showed me the update screen 1 more time but went past it to Welcome, then to desktop, with a couple of errors but got me my files back