Windows update KB3004394 issues

Anonymous
2014-12-09T21:18:09+00:00

Windows update KB3004394  causes the following issues on my Windows 7 x64 Ultimate system:

All MMC functions (Event Viewer, etc.) now require Administrator action, although in an Administrator account.

Windows Defender service will not start

The Windows Defender Service Terminated with the following error

%%-2147023113

Removing it  returns the system to normal.

Anyone else experience this?

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Windows update

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  1. Anonymous
    2014-12-12T00:37:33+00:00

    KB3004394 wasn't released for Vista.  I think you just have a coincidence in issues of patching.

    Yes, it was the coincidence of scanning sfc /scannow protected system files in Windows Vista that also yielded errors that Windows said that it could not fix after the 12 /10 /2014 updates

    I uninstalled them and now scf scans are fine with out them, so it seems that Microsoft is being consistent at messing things up across their products with other the Windows updates? Or Coincidence?

    Should I install them again and see what happens? Or do I bother wasting my time and see if they release a hotfix for one of those to? Not sure which, one my guess it is one of the first 3 or more.

    1.Update for Windows Vista (KB3013410)

    2.Security Update for Windows Vista (KB3013126)

    3.Security Update for Windows Vista (KB2992611)

    Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 9 for Windows Vista (KB3008923)

    Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool - December 2014 (KB890830)

    Thanks

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-12-12T00:35:30+00:00

    Unfortunately the system restore does not work either.

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-12-12T00:20:34+00:00

    How do you make it elevated as it gives the referral server BS?

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-12-12T00:12:54+00:00

    You cannot install Windows updates after KB 3004394 is installed on Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2:

    http://support2.microsoft.com/kb/3024777/en-us?sd=rss

    See if this update will allow anyone who can't get KB3004394 uninstalled to get it uninstalled.

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  5. Anonymous
    2014-12-12T00:01:50+00:00

    Re: New update KB3024777 fix (after Check for updates about 1 hr ago) - - Since I am administrator on home PC & don't use Defender, I have not seen problem mentioned in other thread.

    However, I just installed it  & so far it has corrected my onscreen key board issue (re: osk.exe error - "a referral was returned from the server),  as well as a 2nd problem trying to access any admin tools (same error message) after trying unsuccessfully to delete KB30004394 from the 12/10 set of updates.

    [This had been frustrating as I was not able to access the last restore point earlier due to the inability to execute key Win 32 files from windows/system32/ ...]

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