Solved Computer won't start after Windows Update (Windows 8)

SpO0KIe

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As the title says.

I have around 44 Windows updates I need to install but after I've done that my computer won't launch to the desktop. My screen is all black and my keyboard and monitor are repeatedly turning off and on (blinking). To solve this I have to run the Windows restore thing and my computer works just fine, but no updates are installed.

I have no idea what can cause this to happen. I also do own a legit copy of Windows 8. The reason I want to install these updates is because I want to upgrade to Windows 8.1 and I can't do it without updating my system first.

Any ideas what can cause this error?

Here is a list of all the updates:
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My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    Intel Core i5 3570K @ 3.40GHz
    Motherboard
    MSI Z77A-G45 (MS-7752)
    Memory
    16,0 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680
    Sound Card
    Creative Sound Blaster Z
    Monitor(s) Displays
    BenQ GL2450
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    112GB Corsair Force 3 SSD
    1863GB Seagate ST2000DM001-9YN164
    PSU
    Corsair TX Series™ TX650
    Case
    Fractal Design Arc Midi R2
    Cooling
    Noctua NH-U9B SE2 + Arctic Cooling Accelero Twin Turbo II
    Keyboard
    Microsoft SideWinder X4
    Mouse
    Razer Naga 2012 Edition
    Internet Speed
    250 Mbit/s
    Browser
    Google Chrome
    Antivirus
    Norton 360
Try installing just one or two updates at a time and see how they go. Sometimes Windows doesn't like installing loads of updates at the same time and baulks.
At least you'll find out which one is causing the problems and you can then choose whether to install it or not.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    OS X / Windows 8.1 Pro / Ubuntu 13.10
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    15" MacBook Pro retina 10,1
    CPU
    2.3GHz
    Memory
    8GB 1600MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel HD400 / Nvidia GT650M
    Screen Resolution
    2880 x 1800
    Hard Drives
    256GB SSD
Try installing just one or two updates at a time and see how they go. Sometimes Windows doesn't like installing loads of updates at the same time and baulks.
At least you'll find out which one is causing the problems and you can then choose whether to install it or not.
Ahh never thought of that. Thank you it worked just fine. It was the stupid Internet Explorer updates that messed my computer up. In the future there will be no more IE updates :D
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    Intel Core i5 3570K @ 3.40GHz
    Motherboard
    MSI Z77A-G45 (MS-7752)
    Memory
    16,0 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680
    Sound Card
    Creative Sound Blaster Z
    Monitor(s) Displays
    BenQ GL2450
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    112GB Corsair Force 3 SSD
    1863GB Seagate ST2000DM001-9YN164
    PSU
    Corsair TX Series™ TX650
    Case
    Fractal Design Arc Midi R2
    Cooling
    Noctua NH-U9B SE2 + Arctic Cooling Accelero Twin Turbo II
    Keyboard
    Microsoft SideWinder X4
    Mouse
    Razer Naga 2012 Edition
    Internet Speed
    250 Mbit/s
    Browser
    Google Chrome
    Antivirus
    Norton 360
In the future there will be no more IE updates :D

Strangely, IE stopped working properly on my Win 7 machine (had to click the link once, then again after failure) so I turned to Firefox, which suits my purposes fine; it works better than IE on a special passworded site that I visit regularly. Others use Chrome, (which I do have installed for checking HTML in all browsers) and like it better than IE or Firefox.

However, there's a caveat . . . when downloading betas from Microsoft, nothing seems to work except for IE. At least in my case. Sigh . . .
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavilion 500-056
    CPU
    AMD Elite Quad-Core A8-6500
    Memory
    8 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    AMD Radeon HD 8570D
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Acer 23"
    Screen Resolution
    1920 X 1080
    Hard Drives
    1 TB
    Keyboard
    Logitech Wave K350
    Mouse
    Logitech M510
    Internet Speed
    Fast
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
Try installing just one or two updates at a time and see how they go. Sometimes Windows doesn't like installing loads of updates at the same time and baulks.
At least you'll find out which one is causing the problems and you can then choose whether to install it or not.
Ahh never thought of that. Thank you it worked just fine. It was the stupid Internet Explorer updates that messed my computer up. In the future there will be no more IE updates :D
Glad to hear that you got things sorted. It can be very annoying for one update in a batch of 50 or so to fail and cause all the other updates in that batch to roll back. It wastes time at the very least.
Just doing a few at a time seems to ease the process (for Windows) although that too can be time consuming.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    OS X / Windows 8.1 Pro / Ubuntu 13.10
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    15" MacBook Pro retina 10,1
    CPU
    2.3GHz
    Memory
    8GB 1600MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel HD400 / Nvidia GT650M
    Screen Resolution
    2880 x 1800
    Hard Drives
    256GB SSD
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