I've recently upgraded to a ~2.7 TB OS boot disk, meaning it's formatted to use GPT and I rely on EFI. I've spent two weeks trying to diagnose why, after successful installations, Windows 7 and Windows 8 would both break themselves on my machine after
some (previously anonymous) sequence of updates. Startup Repair (or its Windows 8 equivalent) ends up launching every time, fails to find/fix any faults, and I'm forced to reboot in vain.
With Windows 7 Enterprise, x64, I've finally narrowed the source of the problem to KB2506014. I understand that it patches the bootloader to fix a security vulnerability. Now I can see that it's reported as a fault by others, too, and that the principal
workaround is to simply avoid installing it.
Is there a fix for this yet, or is there some deeper root cause? It's incredibly frustrating.
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some (previously anonymous) sequence of updates. Startup Repair (or its Windows 8 equivalent) ends up launching every time, fails to find/fix any faults, and I'm forced to reboot in vain.
With Windows 7 Enterprise, x64, I've finally narrowed the source of the problem to KB2506014. I understand that it patches the bootloader to fix a security vulnerability. Now I can see that it's reported as a fault by others, too, and that the principal
workaround is to simply avoid installing it.
Is there a fix for this yet, or is there some deeper root cause? It's incredibly frustrating.
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