BSoD on XP64 after installing windows auto updates

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Hi, I just installed XP64 SP2 on my new system. It works perfectly fine until i run and install windows auto-update program. After everything installs and reboots, I get a BSoD dealing with disk.sys and PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA. I have 8GB Ram on an ASUS Maximus 2 board, but i dont know if its ram. It works A-ok before the updates are installed. Any ideas?
 

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I know I could do it one by one, but considering there are 60 updates and thatd require 60 restarts..I'd only want to do that as last resort.

I did the express install on the updates
 
Run memtest to be sure and try loading a Linux Live DVD to see if it's stable. Sounds like it could be a RAM problem, or vitrual memory system problem dealing with disk caching, or even a problem with a memory controller driver. Try turning off virtual memory by setting it to no paging file. With that much RAM you should be fine and may even boost performance for you a little. If it works fine then I would guess that it's an update dealing with a part of the virtual memory system such as disk caching, or a bad driver somewhere that doesn't like that update :D.