Bought a new HP laptop, turned it on for the first time last night, and it has been "updating" since

[JB6111]

I turned the chromebook on for the first time last night, and it has been updating ever since. 

The screen shows "Updating" and "Your chromebook will restart after this update"

There is a running line playing across the screen, showing it is updating.

It has been doing this for the past 22 hours

[Echo_Lake]

@JB6111

Thank you for posting on HP Support Community.
 

Don't worry as I'll be glad to help, I have a few troubleshooting steps we could try to fix the issue:  

1. Press the power button  and refresh button  for five seconds. The computer turns off, and then turns on again.

2. If necessary, press power button again to turn on the laptop.

Hope this helps! Keep me posted for further assistance.
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[Stevensteve55]

Will this same solution work for getting locked out because of too many code attempts? 

[Echo_Lake]

@Stevensteve55

Thank you for posting on HP Support Community.

Don't worry as I'll be glad to help. The above solution is for HP Chromebook only. If you have HP Chromebook then you can try the above steps. 
For more details regarding this issue, I need a few more details: 

• What is the product number of your device? Use this link to find it: http://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c03754824

Keep me posted for further assistance.