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Try uninstalling any third party antivirus you have installed. Reboot and check that Windows Defender has been re-enabled or re-enable it. Run Windows Update and allow it to install the update. Once it's done reinstall your third party antivirus which should automatically disable Windows...

This thread might be worth a read http://www.eightforums.com/windows-8-news/57241-optional-update-kb3000850.html

I recently dealt with a 8.1 laptop infected with this and tried all the posted fixes I could find and watched plenty of videos on youtube. What worked for me in the end after 3 days of trying was changing the boot order in bios then using Kaspersky Rescue CD (downloaded and created on another...

Give this a go from a clean boot environment KB3000850 - BIG update - Windows 8.1.2? - Page 2 - Windows 8 - MSFN Forum It didn't work for me but it's got to be worth a try.

Already been there and done that a couple of days ago and had exactly the same result without Avast being installed (and used Avastclear to make sure it was gone.) That's why I'm pretty sure something else is causing the problem I have.

Avast released the patch. So I've reinstalled Avast and the patch has been applied. Then tried to install this KB300850 twice more today with the same end result it gets to 8% reboots twice, fails with no error message and backs itself out. Interestingly I've now got 1 x Failed showing as...

Latest update from avast https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=160717.msg1153715#msg1153715 "The fix is prepared and it is currently in last phases of testing in our quality department. Once the testing is done, it is going to be released as an EmUpdate. Please understand that we do not...

This may be of interest http://www.eightforums.com/windows-8-news/57241-optional-update-kb3000850-13.html#post450500

Latest update from avast https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=160717.msg1153446#msg1153446 "We have been able to simulate the problem in our lab and I think we fixed this issue. This Windows updates calls new memory related functions which are not fully compatible with avast. We'll prepare...

This might help? http://www.eightforums.com/installation-setup/48143-create-system-reserved-partition-after-installation.html

Just seen this on another thread and the symptoms sounds almost the same as what I'm seeing with this update with the exception of the "pending restart" bit. Being one of life's constant tinkerers my system reserved partition is long gone......it's my disc space, I paid for it and Microsoft...

Just to satisfy my curiosity I uninstalled avast through add remove programs rebooted then ran avast clear to get rid of the remnants rebooted again. Windows Defender enabled itself. Ran the update again from the installer I had previously downloaded rather then through Windows Update. Exactly...

I wonder if Avast antivirus is the common cause for those who are having problems? https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=160717.0

This update will not install on my desktop running Windows 8.1 64bit gets to point it needs to reboot reboots gets to 8% updating Windows and decides to reboot itself again. Failed message on the second reboot and more by luck than management removes the failed update and boots. Tried it a...

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