Windows Update KB2919355

Microsoft, I doubt, will ever admit the KB2919355 update package (as it's a package of 7 updates or so) from Windows Update caused massive system file corruption to the Windows OS, to such an extent the only program capable of repairing component store corruption was rendered unable to fix the component store due to the massive corruption KB2919355 caused.  Its one thing for malware to corrupt system files, another thing entirely when a manufacturer manages to cripple it's own OS using it's own update via it's own update platform.  It's embarrassing and humiliating for Microsoft and the likelihood of them admitting they screwed up is slim to none... even though it's not a secret and everyone knows they did, badly.

The main problem in all of this isn't KB2919355, but the massive System File Corruption that's been caused by the update.  They're never going to offer a fix for the corruption I might add... users are, have been, and will be, left to their own devices to figure it out. I also find it highly unlikely that inside of two weeks Microsoft will release a press release to tell users how to get around their mucked up 2919355 update... they've had over two months to figure it out and release a press release, so if you take the wait and see approach and they do as I suspect, Microsoft will withhold all further patches until you're updated to KB2919355. (Especially when the post I copied and pasted below will solve the issue)

Then to top that off, you have every tom, dick, and harry of the Microsoft Moderator team (which are generally software engineers, if not engineers of other types within Microsoft, I might add) is posting the same cookie cutter responses they knew didn't work, and beyond that, would compound the issue and make it worse for end users.  There were two threads, one with a whopping 116 pages of posts, the other 103, that were closed by Microsoft because they received thousands of responses from users telling them the "solutions" they were trying to peddle were not solutions and did not work for the vast majority of end users affected.  Microsoft, as of today, even though they've had two months to work on this, still have no clue what causes the corruption, why it affects only certain users, or an actual plan for end users to fix the corruption... of which, it appears I've been the only person thus far to put out an actual solution to the KB2919355 update and system file corruption. 

I'm unsure of where you got KB291442 from, but the problem update is KB2919355, both the packaged Windows Update version as well as the smaller standalone (individual) update of KB2919355.  

"In regards to trying your suggestions I downloaded KB2919442 from the Microsoft download page and tried to install it and was told it was already installed (same on both OS installs)."

I'm also unsure of which post you're speaking of, as the last post of instructions I left [how to solve the KB2919355 problem and get your system updated with it] is the very last post on page three and there's nothing in there about downloading anything from Microsoft.  I have copied and pasted that post below, as I'm a bit baffled...

***It appears I have stumbled upon a fix for all KB2919355 issues and will be posting this to numerous forum threads***

As many discoveries have been made, I discovered this accidentally. and quite by coincidence... 

In order for users, who've been plagued by errors and file corruption, to get a successful completion of KB2919355, all that's needed is to run the 8.1 upgrade installer, and when the 8.1 installer goes to the wait screen after entering the generic product key, start Windows Update for the install of KB2919355

Steps

1. Run the Windows 8.1 installer from within Windows, as if you're going to do an install repair "upgrade".
2. Enter the generic product key, and upon clicking next, the installer will say wait...
3. Give the installer about 5 minutes, then start Windows Update (it should show the KB2919355 update), and click install.
4. Windows Update will begin downloading the update... if you have a Windows Update cache problem that causes the speed and percentage to remain at zero, don't worry about it and get the update installed first, then you can clear the cache and remove the directories afterwards.
5. The install may fail, don't worry... simply hit install again, making sure the 8.1 installer screen is still on the "wait" screen, as whatever the installer is doing during the "wait" screen is what makes the KB2919355 install possible.
6. KB2919355 should install and Windows Update should request you to restart... simply do so without cancelling the 8.1 installer.  Windows will finalize the update during the shutdown and restart processes.
7. Upon rebooting into Windows, you will have a multitude of additional updates that will need to be installed (around 10, give or take a few), and you can verify the install of KB2919355 by going to "view installed updates"

A few users will need to comment back once they'e performed this in order to see if this automatically fixes the multitude of issues users are facing, and if it doesn't complete successfully, then I can back track what step I took over the past several days in order to figure out what caused this to work for me, but not others if problems occur.

I didn’t know Microsoft had admitted to a problem with the update. I wasn’t suggesting a solution to the problem I was more or less hinting at a wait and see what Microsoft comes up with. In regards to trying your suggestions I downloaded KB2919442 from the Microsoft download page and tried to install it and was told it was already installed (same on both OS installs). I went to Control Panel -System and clicked on Windows Update (at the bottom of the page) I did a search for KB2919442 and it replied it couldn’t find it, go figure.

FYI checking on my old drive I even got ” Security Update for Internet Explorer 11 for Windows 8.1 for x64-based Systems (KB2961851) without KB2919355” .

So it seems I have to wait for MS.

If you updated 8.1 successfully you get a Store icon on the Taskbar and a Power Options button top right on the Start Page.

I'm unclear what it is you're asking... 

I'm also unclear on the input you want to contribute to the steps you quoted on how to solve the KB2919355 update failure and system file corruption.

Microsoft knows there is a problem with KB2919355, which is why they moved the deadline for it's install to the first week of June... however, what little cookie cutter "advice", and I use that term loosely, they've offered has not only been inappropriate to the problems experienced, but also compounds the problem, making it worse for the end user.

I think Microsoft knows there is a problem with the KB2919355 update. You may ask why, well on my HP Z820 that keeps on refusing to update I added a new drive on 5/17/14 and installed a downloaded version of Windows 8.1Pro, it is now 5/24/14 and I have yet to receive the update KB2919442 or KB2919355, yet it has installed 55 other updates most of them on the 18^th^. Before on my other drive the KB2919355 update would keep on appearing  the next day after I had done a recover from the previous lockup. I am fortunate that I can lock out drives so that the computer only boots from the drive I want. I have the same problem with my old drive after I did a refresh (reinstall of the OS) no KB2919442 or KB2919355.

The old drive is a dual boot with Windows 7 on another drive. After updating I would never see the dual boot screen asking me which OS I wanted, before it would flash some unreadable error screen and then go into its fix system routine twice then give me the option to recover to a previous good version of 8.1. Note Microsoft has moved the deadline forward for this update??

***It appears I have stumbled upon a fix for all KB2919355 issues and will be posting this to numerous forum threads***

As many discoveries have been made, I discovered this accidentally. and quite by coincidence... 

In order for users, who've been plagued by errors and file corruption, to get a successful completion of KB2919355, all that's needed is to run the 8.1 upgrade installer, and when the 8.1 installed goes to the wait screen after entering the generic product key, start Windows Update for the install of KB2919355

Steps

1. Run the Windows 8.1 installer from within Windows, as if you're going to do an install repair "upgrade".
2. Enter the generic product key, and upon clicking next, the installer will say wait...
3. Give the installer about 5 minutes, then start Windows Update (it should show the KB2919355 update), and click install.
4. Windows Update will begin downloading the update... if you have a Windows Update cache problem that causes the speed and percentage to remain at zero, don't worry about it and get the update installed first, then you can clear the cache and remove the directories afterwards.
5. The install may fail, don't worry... simply hit install again, making sure the 8.1 installer screen is still on the "wait" screen, as whatever the installer is doing during the "wait" screen is what makes the KB2919355 install possible.
6. KB2919355 should install and Windows Update should request you to restart... simply do so without cancelling the 8.1 installer.  Windows will finalize the update during the shutdown and restart processes.
7. Upon rebooting into Windows, you will have a multitude of additional updates that will need to be installed (around 10, give or take a few), and you can verify the install of KB2919355 by going to "view installed updates"

A few users will need to comment back once they'e performed this in order to see if this automatically fixes the multitude of issues users are facing, and if it doesn't complete successfully, then I can back track what step I took over the past several days in order to figure out what caused this to work for me, but not others if problems occur.