Windows updates aren't like linux updates.
I do not actually recommend installing windows updates unless you're desperate to try and get to windows 8.1 (you wierdo). It will definitely fix the system issues.Ī final note: This is coming from a developer. This will delete all your programs, but keep files intact. If nothing else has worked, try navigating through the advanced options menu to "refresh your PC". Try starting your computer up again after system has been restored, and it should revert and be okay.Ħ. Click it and select and older point of your system. If you see the blue screen again, press the advanced options button and then go look through until you see the "system restore" button. After this step, either your computer SHOULD BE FIXED.
If it just starts reverting again, let if finish. If you see the blue screen, press "start windows 8" and let it try to revert again. Turn on your computer again and it should show the blue screen again, or it should try updating and reverting again. Disconnect any USB hard drives or flash drives.ģ. Disconnect it from the computer completely. If it doesn't do this after you wait a long time, just hold down the power button.Ģ.
Wait until windows 8 shows you the blue screen again.
Those re actually windows update files.ġ. But often you will see strange files in your external drive, stuff like "3952_1689756_MVM_0.tmp", a whole bunch of these, on there. Nobody even knows that the external is being touched by windows usually. And then the computer tries installing updates, fails, and gets stuck messing with your external hd. What can often happen is that the files get corrupted or halfway unfinished because the external gets plugged in and out a lot. If you have an external hard drive (plugged in VIA usb or something), it puts them on the external. What windows does when it downloads updates (before installing), is to choose which hard drive has the most space, and dump 'em all there. This solution will not work for everyone, but IF YOU HAVE AN EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE, read on. Note: This approach may seem a little heavy handed, but sometimes you have to do it.I had this same problem. Once the server is backup, you can comb event logs to see which updates have failed and why. PSTOOLS>psexec.exe \\mybrokenserver shutdown /r -t 0ĥ. This will kill the hung process, and upon next reboot, will skip the updates which are failing. PSTOOLS>pskill.exe \\mybrokenserver trustedinstallerĤ.
Open CMD/Powershell as admin, and run pskill.
Disable the Windows Management Instrumentation service and the Windows Module Installer Service.ģ. Open Services.msc, and connect to the Server in question.Ģ. Download this and unzip it to a directory of your choice.ġ. To fix this issue requires the use of the PSTools suite from Microsoft (). I decided to give it 2 hours before deciding to do something about this, as Maintenance Windows only last for so long. The issue this particular post addresses is following a failed application of Windows Updates on reboot for Server OS's, the screen will say: Windows Updates - We all have to do them, and as much as you try and try to avoid any potential issues with them, inevitably you will get a problem which can be quite scary! It's been a long time since i've posted here but I thought I would share something which I have experienced recently.