Understand I am still using Win7, so many of you may not have seen this. I was COMPLETELY caught up with Windows updates, not needing any more, but yesterdays update Tuesday gave me 27 more. They were all checked so I
tried to do them all at once, like I usually do. As normal, the system required a reboot but it got stuck in a loop stating that updates had failed, restoring, but kept rebooting and getting that message, three times; I was unable to boot into my system. Well you know me, good old Instant Recovery to the rescue, back to normal.
Tried it again only installing the
Office updates this time, I usually find those to be the most benign. No problem, everything worked, made another backup.
Tried some more updates leaving out the Silverlight and .net Framework updates ... HELLO, caught in same loop, unable to boot into Windows, again IR to the rescue.
Tried again, this time allowing the Silverlight and .net Framework, but unchecking all the many security updates for Win7. Worked! Did not even require a reboot but I always reboot anyways after MS updates.
Anyone, still using Win7, have any idea which of those security updates was hosing my system?
Moral of the story: BACKUP, BACKUP, BACKUP.
I am almost scared to think of what many others around this planet are doing at this moment, unable to boot into Windows, it could not have been just only me. I believe System Restore usually works in these cases, doesn't it? Hopefully folks know how to use it especially if they cannot boot into their system.
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