KB3033929 fails to install and cause a minor "infinite" loop

my bootloader is patch by PatchPae. so also not orginal

OK - after browsing around I found that the problem appears to be associated with the bootloader. My system is dual boot. I have Windows on one SSD with its original bootloader. Another SSD holds Ubuntu 14.10 with a GRUB bootloader - this is set to boot first in the BIOS. My files are on a separate HDD.

Here's what worked for me.

1. Set the Windows drive to be the boot drive in the BIOS.
2. Reboot into Windows (i.e., avoiding GRUB).
3. Run Microsoft Update again and allow the install to complete along with restart. It did so without any issues.
4. Restart computer and reset BIOS to place the Ubuntu SSD first in the boot order.
5. All working normally and confirmed that KB3033929 has been installed.

Not sure why the bootloader should be a problem. I have another machine that runs Windows 7 Home and Ubuntu on a partitioned drive - GRUB is the bootloader and yet there were no issues with the update. Could it be that the 64 bit update is the problem??

Exactly the same problem with my Windows 7 Pro 64 bit installation. KB3035131 installed OK - not sure why that might be significant. Machine is Intel Core i5 with Windows installed on SSD and My Documents, etc on HDD - Similar setup to ohir with GRUB bootloader. Installation error message was 80004005 similar to Shodan2k.

No such problem on another Windows 7 Home Edition PC or my Windows 8.1 64 bit laptop - all the latest updates installed OK.

No choice but to disable automatic updates on my primary desktop until a fix is available. I need to avoid the pain of a complete reinstall. I wonder how long it will take Microsoft to resolve??

I'm having the same problem.   The Update KB3033929 fails to configure on reboot.   My log shows that KB3035131 was successfully installed yesterday, and it is listed in the log before KB3033929.   Since installation in October 2014, and until today, no updates have failed or been skipped for any reason.

I believe I had the exact same problem on the same machine with the previous update KB2949927 mentioned in the KB3033929 advisory last October.   In October I found I had to reinstall Windows and all application software on that machine to finally install KB2949927.  It gives me no joy to learn from the KB3033929 Advisory that Microsoft has apparently not found the installation problem and chose to release a similar broken update a second time.

While it is probable that major governments and some major corporations can dedicate the resources necessary to break SHA-1, that's probably not the weakest point in the security infrastructure of Microsoft Windows.   I suggest that the SHA-2 authentication of downloaded programs supported by KB3033929 can wait until this installation problem is found.

I respectfully request that Microsoft once again rescind the update, and correct the problem before releasing a similar update a third time.   If Microsoft needs a customer to help isolate the specific problem, I would be willing to spend the time necessary to get it done.

My machine is a 6-core Windows 7 Ultimate workstation running a rather diverse collection of applications.

same problem here as all the others.  3035131 installed and KB3033929 fails to install.

but my bootloader is NOT the orginal.