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

@Shodan2k only! =>

1. What is the full name of your installed anti-virus application or security suite and when (approx. date) does your current subscription expire? What anti-spyware applications (other than Defender) are installed? What third-party firewall (if any)?
2. Has a(nother) Norton application or a McAfee application EVER been installed on the computer since you bought it?
3. Did a Norton free-trial or a McAfee free-trial [PICK ONE] come preinstalled on the computer when you bought it? (Doesn't matter if you never used or Activated it.)

**<EDIT>**4. Is GNU GRUB boot loader installed?

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1. Avast Free Antivirus version 2015.10.2.2214 which expire 3/5/2016. Malwarebytes Anti-Malware (Free) 2.0.4.1028 (doesn't run in the background). No firewall other than Windows.
2. No! I have never used any McAfee product and the last time I used a Symantec product (Ghost) I was running Windows 2000 Professional :-)
3. Clean Windows 7 x64 SP1 install with an ISO from Digital River. No bloatware here.
4. I only use Windows 7 so I have no use for a boot loader and I have not installed any.

I tried installing a standalone version of the update with all non-essential programs closed. Same result :(

Lex,

If I were you, I would grab your Windows installation disk, restore the windows boot and try installing the update again.   Chances are that will work, and then you can re-install Grub.   I did that today, and it took me about an hour, all in.

Here is what I learned from my own experience, and the experience reported by others on this thread.  The problem occurs when booting into Windows from Grub on a different drive than the one where Windows is installed.

• Booting from a Windows boot on the same drive worked.
• Booting from a Windows boot on another drive worked.
• Booting from a Grub boot on the same drive worked.
• Booting from a Grub boot on a different drive did n ot work.

In the past I discovered that Windows Backup has problems under the same combination of circumstances.   Its possible that both problems stem from the same cause.

Booting from a Grub boot on the same drive doesn't work for me. I'm using a 960GB SSD.

When will this be fixed? It's really starting to become annoying.

Here is what I learned from my own experience, and the experience reported by others on this thread.  The problem occurs when booting into Windows from Grub on a different drive than the one where Windows is installed.

• Booting from a Windows boot on the same drive worked.
• Booting from a Windows boot on another drive worked.
• Booting from a Grub boot on the same drive worked.
• Booting from a Grub boot on a different drive did n ot work.

In the past I discovered that Windows Backup has problems under the same combination of circumstances.   Its possible that both problems stem from the same cause.

Thanks much to michaelp52 for his Answer.

A similar fix is now working for me.   I also have a dual-boot system, using Linux Grub.   I used the Windows install disk to restore the Windows boot, then installed KB3033929 and rebooted.   This time the windows reboot configured the update w/o difficulty.

I find this strange because I have 3 other machines running dual boot as well, and none of them had any difficulty with the KB3033929 update.