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problems after windows update?

After the last windows 7 update my computer failed to boot up. Attempts to system restore failed. Took HD out of another computer swapped into mine and it booted and ran flalessly. Put my HD back in and loaded UBUNTU and the computer booted and ran fine. Finally bought new HD and had windows 7 from a new disk loaded onto it and now the computer works fine. WTF did the windows update do to prevent my rescue disks from working?

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After the last windows 7 update my computer failed to boot up. Attempts to system restore failed. Took HD out of another computer swapped into mine and it booted and ran flalessly. Put my HD back in and loaded UBUNTU and the computer booted and ran fine. Finally bought new HD and had windows 7 from a new disk loaded onto it and now the computer works fine. WTF did the windows update do to prevent my rescue disks from working? What fixes the problem besides a completely new version of windows?

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  • TWB
    Lv 7
    5 years ago
    Favourite answer

    We are M$. Resistance is futile. Your puters and lappies will adapt to service us. We will add your technology to our own. M$ has announced that Windows is NOT a top priority. Pushing people to use the cloud and mobile has become their main focus now. Now the truth about 10 is coming out.

    It is both surprising and suspicious how many Windows 7 user are now having problems with their updates now that Windows 10 has been rejected by the users.

    This is just M$ way of saying we want you to downgrade to 10 or else. They are not going to give up. Now that you have 7 back on your system you need to do manual updates and only install one that deal with security. DO NOT unless you really need them install anything they recommend.

    To make sure 10 does get on your system and to protect yourself the info below might help.

    There is only one way to truly stop 10 from getting on your system and that is to uninstall KB 3035583 and the folder it created or install Never10. People who try the reg trick or any of the other false info out there will end up with 10 installed when their back is turned. M$ is playing hardball trying to get 10 installed on as many system as possible. They know that 10 is failing and if you leave any trace of Get Windows Free on your system they will find a way to exploit it. M$ has even resorted to using MALWARE to install 10 on peoples system.

    To stop this you need to take your lappy out of updating automatically and get rid of the Windows 10 update notification. You need to open the Task Manager and terminate GWX.exe and its entire tree. Then open control panel and click on programs and features. In the upper left corner you will see view Windows Updates. Click on it and look for KB 3035583, uninstall it. Also look for KB 3095675 and uninstall it. Then delete this folder Windows\System32\GWX to get rid of any trace of it. Also look in C:\Windows\SysWOW64\GWX and if you find it delete it to. You might have to reboot before you can delete the folders. If you get a message that you do not have ownership to delete them then follow the instruction in the link below.

    http://www.askvg.com/guide-how-to-take-ownership-p...

    With that done, go back to the control panel and click on Windows updates. In the upper left corner click on change settings. Then change important updates to never check for updates. This puts your updates in the manual mode. Reboot the system and go back to your control panel. Click on Windows updates and then click check for updates. Find the update KB 3035583, KB 3095675 and hide them so they do not get installed again. Let us know if this does not work, M$ keeps coming up with new methods to force 10 on people.

    You should also uninstall these updates and hide them too. KB 3068708 KB 3022345 KB 3075249 KB 3080149 These updates give 7 and 8 the same spying capability as 10 has.

    You should also uninstall these updates and hide them too KB 2952664 KB 2976978 KB 2977759 KB 3050265 KB 3050267 KB 3068708 These have to do with compatibility with being upgrade to 10 and need to be dealt with.

    If this seems to much and want a more simpler method, download and use Never10 by Steve Gibson of GRC. Great little program that makes it easy to turn it off or on.

    https://www.grc.com/never10.htm

    If you know how to use a bat file then you can go to the link below. They have a bat file that will remove all these updates for you. The article is an interesting read if your interested.

    http://techne.alaya.net/?p=12499

    There is a chance that M$ has already downloaded the installer for 10 onto your hard drive. Look for a hidden folder named $Windows.~BT. It is between 3.5 to 6 GB.

    M$ has been resorting to MALWARE like behavior to get 10 installed on as many system as possible. They changed the Get Windows 10 Free screen into behaving like malware. When the window opens to offer you 10 for free and you click the red x to close the window, that is the same as excepting the installation date. Even tho in the past clicking the red x turn it down.

    From Toms Hardware

    Now, as we near the end of the free upgrade period, Microsoft’s malware-like upgrade system is becoming even more intrusive by autoscheduling upgrades to Windows 10. I noticed that the Windows 10 upgrade reminder pop-up on a Windows 7 PC was no longer asking me to upgrade; instead, it’s now informing me that it has already scheduled an update for May 17.

    http://www.tomshardware.com/news/windows-10-auto-s...

    M$ claims to have changed this malware like behavior but we got to wonder what other tricks they will deploy to trick and strong arm people into downgrading to 10.

    You got to ask yourself, if 10 is so good, why is it that they are having to trick people into installing it.

    Source(s): TWB 35+ years of experience in the service industry. You name it, I have probably fixed it. I have spent a life time taking things apart, seeing how they are made and fixing them. The difficult we do right away, the impossible just takes a little longer. I'm old school. I show others respect. I will always help when needed. That is the country way. I hear voices, so please be quiet so I can listen to them.
  • 5 years ago

    Could have tried to boot into safe mode and ran a system restore there. There could be multiple reasons. System files could of failed to install properly or not at all. Drivers could of been updated but conflicting. Its even possible the Hard drive failed and it was just a coincidence you were updating (unlikely but possible).

    I'm curious, were you able to boot to a restore disk or install disk? If so you could have done a startup repair, a system file check command to identify corrupt system files and reset.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    5 years ago

    Just keep Ubuntu and dump windows.....problem solved.

  • 5 years ago

    I have no better answer than an update can corrupt the OS.

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