Solved Any key will cause windows 8.1 to boot

Tasoittaja

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So last night I was about to reboot my pc to make my usb modem work better and apparently windows had some updates to be installed (not quite sure about this because there wants anything in the shut down button). PC got stuck for at least 15 minutes for "preparing for windows" screen and I was kinda in a hurry so I hit the power button to boot the pc. Then right after restarting there is only "A2" visible in the lower right corner of the screen and pressing any key will just boot the pc. Theres not even Motherboard picture visible after booting like it usually would be.

My pc is only a few months old and heres some specs:
windows 8.1
intel i-5 4690k
gtx 970 8gb ram

If the only solution is to reinstall windows 8.1 could I just install windows 7 instead? I'm very disappointed with this and I dont want to get windows 10.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    Intel core i5 4690K
    Motherboard
    MSI Z97-G45 gaming
    Memory
    Kingston HyperX Fury Black DDR3 DIMM PC12800/1600MHz CL10 2x4GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Benq gl2250
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    WD Blue 1 TB SATA3 7200RPM
    PSU
    Corsair CX600 600W 80+ Bronze ATX
    Keyboard
    Razer Deathstalker
    Mouse
    Logitech G400
Hitting the power button while it was updating corrupted your file system, you should have waited for it to finish. Check your manual for the factory recovery option. It may not work now though. Did it ship from the factory with Windows 8.1? You can't install Windows 7 unless you have a valid product code to use. You can get Windows 8.1 install media here, Create installation media for Windows 8.1 - Windows Help if you don't already have it. Did you create and recovery media when you got it? If you did, you can use that to restore Windows 8.1.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10 Education 64 Bit
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Asus
    CPU
    AMD Phenom II X4 980 Black Edition Deneb 3.7GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS M4N68T-M V2 µATX Motherboard
    Memory
    8GB 4GBx2 Kingston PC10600 DDR3 1333 Memory
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA Geforce GT640 2 Gig DDR3 PCIe
    Sound Card
    VIA VT1708s High Definition Audio 8-channel Onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    22" LG E2242 1080p and 2 19" I-INC AG191D
    Screen Resolution
    1280x1024 - 1920x1080 - 1280x1024
    Hard Drives
    Crucial MX100 256 GB SSD and 500 GB WD Blue SATA
    PSU
    Thermaltake TR 620
    Case
    Power Up Black ATX Mid-Tower Case
    Cooling
    Stock heatsink fan
    Keyboard
    Logitech Wireless K350 Wave
    Mouse
    Logitech M570 Trackball and T650 TouchPad
    Internet Speed
    80 Mbps Down 30 Mbps Up
    Browser
    Internet Explorer 11
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
    Other Info
    HP DVD1040e Lightscribe - External USB2
Hello,
When I today tried to boot this PC it somehow started to work again, I perhaps still managed to run it in safe mode or something but I perhaps have to be cautious if anything like that would happen in the (near) future. So if my computer would again get stuck in that "preparing windows" thing what should I do? Just wait even overnight if it would even help? Or how to prevent it from occurring again? And another thing is that I cannot install some minor features like network tool 3.5
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    Intel core i5 4690K
    Motherboard
    MSI Z97-G45 gaming
    Memory
    Kingston HyperX Fury Black DDR3 DIMM PC12800/1600MHz CL10 2x4GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Benq gl2250
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    WD Blue 1 TB SATA3 7200RPM
    PSU
    Corsair CX600 600W 80+ Bronze ATX
    Keyboard
    Razer Deathstalker
    Mouse
    Logitech G400
If it actually gets stuck with no progress, you don't have much of a choice. But I'd wait a while though to confirm its actually locked up. The progress display can look like nothing is happening and then suddenly update the % done.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10 Education 64 Bit
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Asus
    CPU
    AMD Phenom II X4 980 Black Edition Deneb 3.7GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS M4N68T-M V2 µATX Motherboard
    Memory
    8GB 4GBx2 Kingston PC10600 DDR3 1333 Memory
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA Geforce GT640 2 Gig DDR3 PCIe
    Sound Card
    VIA VT1708s High Definition Audio 8-channel Onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    22" LG E2242 1080p and 2 19" I-INC AG191D
    Screen Resolution
    1280x1024 - 1920x1080 - 1280x1024
    Hard Drives
    Crucial MX100 256 GB SSD and 500 GB WD Blue SATA
    PSU
    Thermaltake TR 620
    Case
    Power Up Black ATX Mid-Tower Case
    Cooling
    Stock heatsink fan
    Keyboard
    Logitech Wireless K350 Wave
    Mouse
    Logitech M570 Trackball and T650 TouchPad
    Internet Speed
    80 Mbps Down 30 Mbps Up
    Browser
    Internet Explorer 11
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
    Other Info
    HP DVD1040e Lightscribe - External USB2
So far PC appears to be working mostly normally but now it usually shuts down with a bluescreen error "MSRPC_STATE_VIOLATION". According to Bluescreenview its caused by msrpc.sys.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    Intel core i5 4690K
    Motherboard
    MSI Z97-G45 gaming
    Memory
    Kingston HyperX Fury Black DDR3 DIMM PC12800/1600MHz CL10 2x4GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Benq gl2250
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    WD Blue 1 TB SATA3 7200RPM
    PSU
    Corsair CX600 600W 80+ Bronze ATX
    Keyboard
    Razer Deathstalker
    Mouse
    Logitech G400

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10 Education 64 Bit
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Asus
    CPU
    AMD Phenom II X4 980 Black Edition Deneb 3.7GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS M4N68T-M V2 µATX Motherboard
    Memory
    8GB 4GBx2 Kingston PC10600 DDR3 1333 Memory
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA Geforce GT640 2 Gig DDR3 PCIe
    Sound Card
    VIA VT1708s High Definition Audio 8-channel Onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    22" LG E2242 1080p and 2 19" I-INC AG191D
    Screen Resolution
    1280x1024 - 1920x1080 - 1280x1024
    Hard Drives
    Crucial MX100 256 GB SSD and 500 GB WD Blue SATA
    PSU
    Thermaltake TR 620
    Case
    Power Up Black ATX Mid-Tower Case
    Cooling
    Stock heatsink fan
    Keyboard
    Logitech Wireless K350 Wave
    Mouse
    Logitech M570 Trackball and T650 TouchPad
    Internet Speed
    80 Mbps Down 30 Mbps Up
    Browser
    Internet Explorer 11
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
    Other Info
    HP DVD1040e Lightscribe - External USB2
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