[McGruff]

... before I could stop Windows Updates for the time being...

Probably not a good thing to do. My Windows 7 is running fine with the latest update.

[Louis Foxwell]

Yep. Same problem. Rebooted original Windows never to look back.

[grey_whiskers]

Ummm, buy a Mac?

(runs for exit, ducking for cover)

[calenel]

The patch for Meltdown and/or Spectre is causing some Windows machines to fail if they don’t have Intel processors (specifically older AMD processors). Your AMD processor isn’t compatible with the patch(es). You may not be able to roll it back, but you should try. If you can’t restore to an earlier version, you may have to reinstall the OS and immediately disable updates (definitely do NOT update until this problem is addressed). There are also some issues with security software.

[Reno89519]

Not quite sure what your particular problem is. But I’d suggest never stopping an update in progress! Microsoft today is likely good about that, so much better than say 15 or 20 years ago. The operating system is very good. Trust Microsoft. I’ve got about a dozen computers running, including 4 HP laptops, all on latest versions of Microsoft, all with latest patches, and we have zero problem. Never a hiccup, including over last few days. We’ve also got an Apple laptop—no one ones to touch it.

[Spruce]

Here’s Microsoft’s Kb article regarding your issue. Hope it helps

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4073707/windows-os-security-update-block-for-some-amd-based-devices

[spel_grammer_an_punct_polise]

Start/All Programs/Accessories/System Tools/System Restore/choose a date before you started the updates/DO NOT TURN OFF THE COMPUTER DURING THE RESTORE - IT MAY TAKE SOME TIME.

[TChad]

The Microsoft link in post #12 addresses your situation, but if you don’t have a recent restore point, you may want to try uninstalling all of the updates listed at that link, then shutting off Windows updates until Microsoft issues patched updates.

[TChad]

Here are all the KB40568** patches that might cause problems with AMD systems:

January 3, 2018—KB4056897 (Security-only update)
January 9, 2018—KB4056894 (Monthly Rollup)
January 3, 2018—KB4056888 (OS Build 10586.1356)
January 3, 2018—KB4056892 (OS Build 16299.192)
January 3, 2018—KB4056891 (OS Build 15063.850)
January 3, 2018—KB4056890 (OS Build 14393.2007)
January 3, 2018—KB4056898 (Security-only update)
January 3, 2018—KB4056893 (OS Build 10240.17735)
January 9, 2018—KB4056895 (Monthly Rollup)

Rather than uninstall already-installed updates, it may be faster to restore the computer's configuration to a particular date using system restore. After that, I doubt you have to worry about avoiding reinstallation of the problem updates, since Microsoft has stopped distributing them.

[waynesa98]

older amd cpu’s are not compatible with the security update for the hardware security issue Id with most intel processors. do a rollback and make sure the patch is ignored.