I had a client system (Win XP) that had the same problem. System was fine yesterday.
Came in this morning to a BSOD with a Stop Code of 7E.
I found the following on this link, and performed the instructions (copied into this message), and was able to boot the system.
As a last step I disabled Automatic Updates to prevent these from being reapplied when I am not there to monitor.
I take no credit for this, only confirm that it resolved my issue:
http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vistawu/thread/216e1f24-fbe8-4616-8ff8-1a9fd789000b
- KB978262
- KB971468
- KB978037
- KB975713
- KB978251
- KB978706
- KB977165
- KB975560
- KB977914
Give credit to
maxyimus
on the linked page.
Hope this helps
LThibx
This solution should work for netbooks that can boot into Safe Mode. Note that I do not have a netbook, I just didn't want to find my CD.
Option 1: see if you have a system restore point, or Option 2: I made a small modification on this for my laptop since I was able to get into Safe Mode (with Networking). Open a command shell (Start->All Programs->Accessories->Command Prompt).
Run the following commands in the following order. This order is slightly different than the previous answer because apparently a few of the service packs update other service packs. If you get a message saying there are dependencies then cancel out of the
uninstall program, uninstall those service packs first and then uninstall the one with the dependecy issue. Many of the service packs require a reboot. MAKE SURE TO CLICK THE "Do Not Restart" BUTTON UNTIL YOU UNINSTALL ALL of the affected service packs.
When you run each uninstaller you will need to click "Next" (or press <enter>) to start the uninstall process. When the process is complete make sure to click "Do Not Restart" if needed and then click "Finish".
- c:
- cd \WINDOWS
- $NtUninstallKB978262$\spuninst\spuninst
- $NtUninstallKB971468$\spuninst\spuninst
- $NtUninstallKB978037$\spuninst\spuninst
- $NtUninstallKB975713$\spuninst\spuninst
- $NtUninstallKB978251$\spuninst\spuninst
- $NtUninstallKB975560$\spuninst\spuninst
- $NtUninstallKB977914$\spuninst\spuninst
- $NtUninstallKB978706$\spuninst\spuninst
- $NtUninstallKB977165$\spuninst\spuninst
Next I changed my Automatic Update settings (Control Panel->Automatic Updates) so that it would not automatically install updates for the time being.
Then reboot the system and it should work.
Credit goes to LThibx and maxyimus, et al. for the basic strategy, solution.