Preparing to configure Windows. Do not turn off your computer.

Stuck on "Preparing to configure Windows. Do not turn off your computer" as I wanted to restart the Windows Server 2008 machine. I could still ping the server but could not able to remote using either Dameware Mini Remote Control tool or Remote Desktop Connection. I don't want to hard boot the server because it can result in windows operating system crash.

Solution:

1. Open services.msc on the other server or machine.
2. Right-click Services(Local) and select Connect to another computer...
3. On the another computer box, type the hostname of the machine that has error.
4. Navigate to Windows Modules Installer, you will notice that the status is stopping.
5. Right-click on Windows Modules Installer and select Properties then Recovery
6. On the subsequent failures, choose either Restart the Computer if you want to restart the machine or choose Restart the Service
7. Wait for a couple of minutes and the machine will restart automatically if you select Restart the Computer.