Patch is preventing the system from starting, need to manually uninstall Windows 7 update
Just had this problem today after a BIOS update. The update process changed the SATA mode from ACHI to IDE. This prevented Win7 to start. I tried to go in recovery mode or use the installation disk without any success.
Then I changed back the SATA mode to ACHI and all worked back without any issue. Just want to post in case this can help anyone to have back a working system ASAP.
Faced that issue today, my way to solve it:
- Start up with F8
- Run in safe mode
- Windows should uninstall dubious KB2160329
- Make sure that you will restart back to safe mode
- Restart to normal mode
- Windows will revert the update here as well
Hope that helps..
By the way, I've spotted that in C:\Windows\System32 I have now the 6.1.7600.16585 version, while the latest available in the system is 6.1.7600.20738 (check C:\Windows\winsxs). Might it be some case of signature overwriting?