WARNING!! WARNING!! DR. SMITH, DO NOT TOUCH THAT ... BBBZZZZAAAP!!! I normally wait a while before running an update for Windows for this very reason ... ***Update*** At the time this happened, I could not tell what the update failure was -as in, which update. As it turns out, it was actually one which had failed multiple times. Update KB2705219 was installing correctly inside of Windows and during the shutdown (configuring windows ... sit there and wait for me), but during the boot process (configuring/installing windows update - just sit there and wait for me, you don't have anything better to do.) it was actually failing, rolling back the whole package and then rebooting. As I wasn't sitting around and watching it reboot, I was assuming it completed successfully when I logged back on. Next scheduled update check, it would happen all over (group of 8 updates). I don't have a clue as to why it scrammed the reactor this time, just that it did. ***End of Update*** I was in a hurry as I had just gotten a new motherboard (Asus Sabertooth 990FX) and wanted to install it. I needed to do a backup of Windows before doing such, of course, and there appeared a notice saying there was an update. I was surprised as I had just gotten updates a day or two before, and without too much thought, after all, I haven't had a problem with an update in quite some time and I was anxious to make a good image of the boot drive and get the motherboard in, I told it to go ahead. System has to be rebooted, yeah, yeah. It boots up and says configuring update. But wait, this is new "update failed, restoring previous files" (or some such). Never seen that before ... Process finishes, and machine reboots. Okay ... but now ... it boots as far as the logo on the screen and then stops. No movement on the screen, no disk activity ... Let is set for 10 min or so ... No change. Drat! Reboot. ... Launch startup repair (or foolishly try to boot normally?) Choose Launch Startup Repair ... New message: insert media and reboot, go to language options screen -> OK -> choose repair. Ptooey!! Real bad smell in the air folks. Okay, boot media, choose repair ... Windows has found a problem with the startup configuration of your computer ... repair ... reboot ... fixed right? WRONG!! Again ... Launch StartUP Repair? Yeah, yeah ... Oops, insert installation media (again!!) and reboot. <Grumble> Choose language options, repair, loooooooong wait. --> --> "Startup repair cannot repair this computer automatically. Sending more information can help Microsoft create solutions. <Send><Don't Send> Details ... choose Details ... Problem Signature: Problem Event Name: StartupRepairOffline Problem Signature 01: 6.1.7600.16385 Problem Signature 02: 6.1.7600.16385 Problem Signature 03: unknown Problem Signature 04: 109 Problem Signature 05: ExternalMedia Problem Signature 06: 1 Problem Signature 07 NoRootCause OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.1 Locale ID: 1033 Read our privacy statement (Like I care right now ...) Punch line, there goes my motherboard install. First I have to figure out what the update broke and how to fix it!! PROCEED WITH THIS UPDATE AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!!!!! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!!! System Info: (if it matters) Windows 7 Ultimate 64Bit Asus M4A89GTD PRO/USB3 Phenom II X4 955 Radeon 67xx video card -1 gig 16 GB ram. 2x 1TB Hdd (one WD, one Hitachi) 1 x 250 GB WD HDD LG Blu-Ray -RW drive LG DVD-RW drive Multi-Memory card drive bay device. LOTS of fans. Corsair Carbon 400R Case OCZ 650 watt PS Mike

On a positive note, booting to the recovery console I ran: bootrec /fixmbr bootrec /fixboot bootrec /rebuildbcd and the machine booted properly. Mike

Thanks for letting us know the fix and glad you are working.MS-MVP 2010, 2011, 2012 Sysnative.com Team ZigZag

Now I am a bit embarrassed. It seems I haven't been getting as many updates as I thought ... actually, it has been the same group of updates each time. One of them, KB2705219, was failing each time during the reboot process, forcing a roll-back of all, and then another reboot since I first told it to go ahead way back when. As I was usually leaving my desk during reboots, I wasn't seeing the fail/roll-back. Ran the set of updates one at a time and they all installed fine.Mike

A lot of problems arise from setting Windows Update to automatically update. You may prefer to change this setting. Select Start, All Programs, Windows Update, Change Settings. Under Important Updates is a box showing the current setting. Click on the Arrow down to the right and change the selection to Check for Updates but let me choose whether to download and install them and click on OK. If you encounter problems updating or you are not using the Automatic Update you should manually update by selecting Start, All Programs, Windows Update, Check for Updates. Check the boxes before the updates you want to install, click on Install and click again on Install in the next window and the process of installing starts. You should let the process proceed without interruption. Multi-tasking at the time updating is in progress is unwise. The progress window will tell you what is going on. You need to be patient. If you have a number of updates to install break the task of updating into two or more tasks. anually download and install KB2647753 on its own. Hope this helps, Gerry

Now I am a bit embarrassed. It seems I haven't been getting as many updates as I thought ... actually, it has been the same group of updates each time. One of them, KB2705219, was failing each time during the reboot process, forcing a roll-back of all, and then another reboot since I first told it to go ahead way back when. As I was usually leaving my desk during reboots, I wasn't seeing the fail/roll-back. Ran the set of updates one at a time and they all installed fine.Mike

A lot of problems arise from setting Windows Update to automatically update. You may prefer to change this setting. Select Start, All Programs, Windows Update, Change Settings. Under Important Updates is a box showing the current setting. Click on the Arrow down to the right and change the selection to Check for Updates but let me choose whether to download and install them and click on OK. If you encounter problems updating or you are not using the Automatic Update you should manually update by selecting Start, All Programs, Windows Update, Check for Updates. Check the boxes before the updates you want to install, click on Install and click again on Install in the next window and the process of installing starts. You should let the process proceed without interruption. Multi-tasking at the time updating is in progress is unwise. The progress window will tell you what is going on. You need to be patient. If you have a number of updates to install break the task of updating into two or more tasks. anually download and install KB2647753 on its own. Hope this helps, Gerry