Web site help suggested downloading new update to replace update with error, but when I click on the link it gives me an error that the web page cannot be loaded. By necessity I am in Safe Mode, could this be preventing the new update download? How do I get around it?

Hi, You cannot install update sin safe mode. To install updates you need to boot in normal mode. · Which is the article you are following?· Which update are you trying to reinstall?· When did you start getting the stop error? You may try the suggestions given in the article given below and check if that helps.You may receive an error message on a Windows-based computer: "STOP 0x00000050" or "STOP 0x0000008e"http://support.microsoft.com/kb/903251 Hope this information is helpful.Amrita MMicrosoft Answers Support EngineerVisit our Microsoft Answers Feedback Forum and let us know what you think.

How about getting the update from another computer, copying it on a CD or USD drive and then accessing it on the problem PC in Safe Mode? Anyway, there quite a large number of situations when this stop error may show up. See http://www.eventid.net/errorsdisplay.asp?error_code=0x00000050&description=