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Product : Windows 8. For a list of the files that are provided in this update, download the file information for update Table of contents. Windows 8. Release Date:. Monthly Rollup. Need more help? Expand your skills. Get new features first. Was this information helpful? Yes No. How satisfied are you with this reply? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. In reply to PranavMishra's post on January 22, Thank you for the reply.

Last night I tried a couple of things. I also used the windows update troubleshooter. The good news is that I can now get into Windows in normal mode. The bad news is that it's taking minutes to load up.

This was similar to the problem I had earlier just before I refreshed. In safe mode and diagnostic mode, Windows loaded up quickly, but for some reason things startup slowed down in normal mode. Initially, even after loading up, Windows moved extremely slowly. Then I uninstalled AVG antivirus, and things immediately sped up for some reason with all services running but no startup programs running.

This morning, I tried running all startup programs, and once again Windows startup slowed down to minutes, although after that, the computer seemed fine I should emphasize "seem. I'll try to figure out which program is causing the slowdown my guess is the Zonealarm firewall , but I do want to note that I never had any of these problems until I tried the update several days ago.

Question 1: Is there any reason why AVG and possibly zonealarm would cause problems after a failed Windows update install? Question 2: What would cause restore points to disappear? I noticed one suggested solution saying to try to disable all services except the Microsoft ones, because if you disable the Microsoft ones, the restore points might be deleted. I kept the Microsoft ones clicked, disabled the others, and rebooted, but my restore points still disappeared.

Would diagnostic mode or safe mode cause restore points to disappear? I'll try to send any event logs after I get home. Final note: in my windows update screen, it has all the failed installs saying it's "pending reboot" but unfortunately or maybe fortunately it isn't installing.

I'm not sure what to do about that assuming everything else gets cleared up and my system starts running smoothly again. In reply to BKSteeler's post on January 23, Hi, Thank you for keeping us updated about the issue.

Creating installation media for Windows 8. Provide to us the status of the issue. In reply to PranavMishra's post on January 23, Here's what's in my event log. Dependent Assembly Microsoft. Please use sxstrace. The read operation will fail with error 0xfffffc If this error persists then the file may be damaged and may need to be restored from a previous backup.

If this error persists then the file may be damaged and may need to be restored from a previous backup Activation of app Microsoft. ZuneMusic failed with error: This app can't be activated by the Built-in Administrator. However, these security updates are also available for Windows Server R2. Here is some information on the Monthly Rollup and Security only updates for these operating systems. Updates for Windows 8. The update history for Windows 8.

This occurs when you perform the operation on a CSV owner node from a process that does not have administrator privileges. If you need more help, contact Microsoft support. This error might mean that a file needed by Windows Update is damaged or missing. Here are a few steps you can try to fix the problem:.

Run the Windows 8. If you're running Windows RT 8. For info about how to fix this problem, contact Microsoft support. This error might mean that your PC couldn't connect to the Windows Update servers. If you're using a VPN connection to connect to a work network, disconnect from the network and turn off the VPN software if applicable and then try to install the update again.

The error could also mean there isn't enough free space in the System Reserved partition. You might be able to fix this problem by using third-party software to increase the size of the System Reserved partition. Error: We couldn't complete the updates. Undoing changes. Don't turn off your computer. Error: Failure configuring Windows Updates. Reverting changes. These are generic errors that might appear any time a Windows update fails.