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FYI - Windows XP Machines and latest Microsoft Updates Tuesday February 9
Issue:
The last Tuesday (Feb 9) Patches Updates from Microsoft can cause Windows XP Machines to crash with the Blue Screen of Death BSOD
Updating systems with the MS10-015 bulletin can cause machines to lock up and when restarted falling into a never-ending reboot loop.
These patches would've been installed on Tuesday February 9 or Wednesday February 10.
Symptom:
A problem has been detected and windows has been shutdown to prevent damage to your computer.
PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA Technical Information: STOP: 0x00000050 (0x80097004, 0x00000001, 0x80515103, 0x00000000).
OR
*** STOP: 0x0000007B (0xB84C3524, 0xC0000034, 0x00000000, 0x00000000)
If reboot in normal mode, it blue screens again. If try to boot using safe mode, it hangs at mup.sys.
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