Win 7 Home Premium 64-bit - Windows Update can cause blue screen

[kranky]

Got bit by this. You may get a blue screen on bootup, failing with win32k.sys PAGE_FAULT_IN_NON-PAGED_AREA.

System restore to a one-day old restore point didn't fix it.

Causes: KB2982791 and KB2970228.

Solution: boot from CD or other media, go to command prompt, navigate to your Windows\System32 directory, and delete FNTCACHE.DAT.

Long discussion at
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...g-update/6da4d264-02d8-458e-89e2-a78fe68766fd

 

[ViRGE]

Yeah, we had one other person get bit by that.

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2395384

I see that MS has reissued the faulty update today. I'm assuming they've fixed the bug and it should no longer do that.