Last Windows update (Tuesday) any problems?

Milarky

I had real problems starting my PC last night so, finally, used the last restore point (13 Oct) to go back to. That cleared up the problem but this morning I'm advised of 12 'new' Windows updates - which were the last ones I accepted anyway. I assume this message appears because those updates were 'lost' as a result of my restoring to the previous file settings.

Before I go ahead an accept these updates a 'second' time, is there any chance this 'large' set of updates were what destabilised the PC in the first place? I know the simplest thing is to repeat the acceptance and if nothing goes wrong my question is answered - or if it does I can re-restore if necessary

[Deleted User]

Hi,

I got the update message this morning also for 12.

What I do when there is a large number of updates is only do 3 a day, that allows me to make sure that nothing goes wrong, and if it does then easier to identify.

davester

The .NET framework updates you have to go to control panel, and user accounts and turn off Account User Control, it requires a restart as well, ignore the warnings and then install the update. when its done turn Account User Control on and do a restart.

vikingaero

I'm experiencing Groundhog Day on my Vista laptop after the updates last night.

Power on and it crashes, power off and f8, try repair, safe mode, last know good config etc etc and it crashes, on, off, on off. I've given up for now and am using my XP netbook. I wondered why XP was so popular with business.

vikingaero

OK. I turned it on again, tried Last Known Good Config and it farted and stuttered for 15 minutes before showing a Configuring Updates 31% message. Then it said it failed to install the updates and now it's working again. I think I'll leave it a couple of weeks before allowing any future updates.

[Deleted User]

Hi,

well I installed the 12 updates over a couple of days, and no problems.

Glad to see you don't get too technical when explaining things :rotfl:.

vikingaero wrote: »

it farted and stuttered for 15 minutes

busenbust

I still continue to patch on a discretionary basis :cool: Windows Defender updates I always carry out though.

zyonchaos

vikingaero wrote: »

OK. I turned it on again, tried Last Known Good Config and it farted and stuttered for 15 minutes before showing a Configuring Updates 31% message. Then it said it failed to install the updates and now it's working again. I think I'll leave it a couple of weeks before allowing any future updates.

Just to let you know "Last Known Good Config" doesnt mean the last time the computer was on and working. It means the last congiguration that successfully started the windows Boot loader. So its not necessarily the best option. Sometimes you are better booting into safe mode and uninstalling the most recent windows updates.

[Deleted User]

zyonchaos wrote: »

Just to let you know "Last Known Good Config" doesnt mean the last time the computer was on and working. It means the last congiguration that successfully started the windows Boot loader. So its not necessarily the best option. Sometimes you are better booting into safe mode and uninstalling the most recent windows updates.

Last Known Good Configuration loads the information from the registry that was written when a user successfully logs on, which is the option you would use if a device driver has been incorrectly installed. You would use bootrec.exe in the recovery environment to resolve any boot record/sector issues that would prevent the boot manager being located.

I agree with you that you should boot into Safe Mode, a good place to start your investigation would be the Windows Update log which should give you some more information on the updates that you were attempting to install.

Here's a decent article to get you started.