Microsoft Pulls August Update Over BSOD Crashes
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exfileme
August 18, 2014 4:08:43 PM
Microsoft is investigating Blue Screen of Death problems related to four recent updates.
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Joseph DeGarmo
August 18, 2014 6:42:44 PM
Shin-san
August 18, 2014 7:16:12 PM
The Registry isn't too bad. It's just a bloated database. Back up Windows before you edit it, and you should be fine.
It probably would. If your system is running though, I wouldn't do it.
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Would a system restore back to restore point created last Tuesday automatically remedy the issue on Windows 8.1 and allow only the good updates to be reinstalled?Score
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SteelCity1981
August 18, 2014 7:44:51 PM
Dan Neiman
August 18, 2014 8:11:46 PM
No wonder, I've been having weird issues also.
(this Is with both win 8 & 7) On my laptop, when I plug in both my TV via HDMI and my laptop cooler via usb, all of a sudden my computer would just shut down, and after continuous testing to see what was causing the problem, I couldn't even boot to windows 8. Then I reinstalled to windows 7 and still had the same problem, so I plugged my cooler into a usb wall adapter and everything works.
Could these updates be causing this issue?
(this Is with both win 8 & 7) On my laptop, when I plug in both my TV via HDMI and my laptop cooler via usb, all of a sudden my computer would just shut down, and after continuous testing to see what was causing the problem, I couldn't even boot to windows 8. Then I reinstalled to windows 7 and still had the same problem, so I plugged my cooler into a usb wall adapter and everything works.
Could these updates be causing this issue?
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Weboh
August 18, 2014 8:24:56 PM
ickibar1234
August 18, 2014 8:46:45 PM
Vorador2
August 19, 2014 1:20:45 AM
Christopher1
August 19, 2014 2:34:36 AM
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Windows 8: The only version Windows that had automatic updates break it. Upgrade to the future today!Um.... no. Microsoft had issues with updates for Windows XP, Vista and 7 that did this in very specific situations. Personally, I updated my system with this update and had absolutely no issues whatsoever so I am wondering how exactly this issue crops up.
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Joseph DeGarmo
August 19, 2014 5:23:23 AM
During the past few days, I had issues with the network cutting off. I reset the modem by shutting down the PC, unplugging the Ethernet and modem power, reconnecting them, and rebooting. That seemed to have resolved the issue, but did the faulty updates have anything to do with the network connection issue?
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digicat
August 19, 2014 5:49:05 AM
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No wonder, I've been having weird issues also.(this Is with both win 8 & 7) On my laptop, when I plug in both my TV via HDMI and my laptop cooler via usb, all of a sudden my computer would just shut down, and after continuous testing to see what was causing the problem, I couldn't even boot to windows 8. Then I reinstalled to windows 7 and still had the same problem, so I plugged my cooler into a usb wall adapter and everything works.
Could these updates be causing this issue?
No, that is an unrelated issue. Read the article again to see what the updates affected.
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ssdpro
August 19, 2014 6:57:04 AM
Aron Gustafson
August 19, 2014 7:26:44 AM
DragonFireXY
August 19, 2014 9:40:10 AM
KS2Problema
August 19, 2014 12:03:08 PM
Looks to me like this article joins others in the general computer press telling people to go through the elaborate mitigation steps for *Known Issue #3* -- which appears from the MS page on the issue to be ONLY for those with lockups/BSOD/boot-loop issues.
Look at the mitigation steps for the less severe issues under Known Issue #2 -- they involve ONLY using the standard update uninstall commands and can be done in a minute or two.
Is this yet another case of sloppy tech writers cueing off each others' misunderstanding and/or bad writing and putting unsuspecting, gullible users who *don't* have lockup/boot-loop issues through an elaborate -- and somewhat risky -- set of mitigations for MS doesn't even suggest for their issues?
Looks like it.
Look at the mitigation steps for the less severe issues under Known Issue #2 -- they involve ONLY using the standard update uninstall commands and can be done in a minute or two.
Is this yet another case of sloppy tech writers cueing off each others' misunderstanding and/or bad writing and putting unsuspecting, gullible users who *don't* have lockup/boot-loop issues through an elaborate -- and somewhat risky -- set of mitigations for MS doesn't even suggest for their issues?
Looks like it.
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Alethinos
August 19, 2014 12:55:09 PM
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Would a system restore back to restore point created last Tuesday automatically remedy the issue on Windows 8.1 and allow only the good updates to be reinstalled?Using a restore point fixed this issue on one of my win 8.1 machines. Didn't actually know about it at the time, so just went ahead and tried the restore point.
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