windows update crash & or BSOD = fix it

[mojo1941]

According to Microsoft, August Update BSOD crashes are caused by the following updates, which subsequently have been disabled:
KB2982791, a security update for kernel-mode drivers.
KB2970228, the update introducing support for the Russion Ruble currency symbol.
KB2975719, the August Update rollup for Windows RT 8.1, Windows 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 R2.
KB2975331, the August Update rollup for Windows RT, Windows 8, and Windows Server 2012.
How To Fix It

A workaround proposed by Microsoft Community member rvuerinckx recommends to boot from a recovery disk and remove the following file:
comes to a faux pas ? dead end ? when M$ has to fix its own duff software by deletion..= no way to run a railway or a soft biz...

www.makeuseof.com/tag/windows-update-fails-fix/

[nob]

If I read the Russion Ruble update I'd be very wary.

[Bob]

This flaw ONLY affects 64-bit versions of Windows 7 or 8.

Bob Rankin

[Deleted]

Thanks for bringing this to our notice Mojo, and thanks for your link Bob.
I have checked my installed updates and found both KB2982791 and KB2970228 were installed. Although they had apparently not given any problems, I've uninstalled them anyway.

[mojo1941]

just got over a self inflicted nightmare - no not the above - but ran ashampoo win optomiser 11 Ok last night & this AM had to remember all my log in & passwords but I did have a clean nippy Dell w7 64 bit pc
I now have my pwds & log in stored in emails to my accounts like this
usr E****dS****r****s
PwdR**A***G**7**T
well it must be ok if it baffles me now say = 2 hrs after.......
BTW would a sys restore to before the clean up replace all the cookies & pwds???

[nob]

I would think so.