Comments on: Windows 7 Update KB977074: Full of Reliability! Or is it…

By: MattS

MattS — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 16:18:28 +0000

I have a windows 7 64bit edition running on a Dell Optiplex and I get the Random Black Screen similar to Jan. and the only fix is to hard reset the system.

I cannot correlate when the hotfix was applied and when the issue began occurring but I have looked almost every other possible solution and now I am suspect of this

I plan to remove the hotfix this evening.

I will post a response when I feel comfortable the issues is resolved. Unfortunately the Black Screen occurs randomly so I won’t feel comfortable until I have had at least a week of no Black Screen issues

Stay tuned……

By: Jan

Jan — Thu, 27 May 2010 12:27:00 +0000

This hotfix most likely fu**** up my system (caused very frequent blackouts of screen, completely freezing my laptop, rendering it useless for anything.) on MSI GX620, the best you can do, install this only if you are experiencing troubles, it might help, or, it might screw things up… (after removing this update and deleting it from my system, the problem appear to be solved…)

By: kenpmason

kenpmason — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 08:13:03 +0000

I looked in Windows Update | Update History, and KB977074 showed up as “Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB977074),” but when I looked in Installed Updates, it’s just not there to uninstall! So, the plot thickens. It was my understanding that ANY update could be uninstalled, but I guess not. Please enlighten me.

By: Pedro

Pedro — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:41:01 +0000

I really can´t get an answer about this awsome update.
Some tell that fixed their problem, some talk about the old microsoft trademark, BLUE SCREEN.
In my computer this update is hidden till further notice.

By: Tune Up

Tune Up — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:12:32 +0000

Haha – nice post, very humorous if I do say so myself! Do you think you’ll read all of the update descriptions now? …well maybe not all, but more?
(http://bit.ly/cECboT)

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 14:25:18 +0000

Issue experienced here with a Dell Inspiron 1420 running Windows 7 Home Premium. After the updates (including KB977074) were applied, the system would hang during startup and try to do a system repair. This ran for a very long time and then said it was unable to perform a repair. It did have a detailed error message and one of the indications was bad driver. I was able to do a System Restore from an image prior to the updates and get the computer operational again. I then hid all February Tuesday updates and all is well. After seeing this thread and some others it does appear that the KB977074 update is the culprit. (I plan to unhide all the other updates and leave this one hidden). Oddly enough, my EEE 1000HE PC running Windows 7 Ultimate has not experienced any issues after applying all of the February Tuesday patch updates.

By: Daffyd K Jones

Daffyd K Jones — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:16:44 +0000

I agree with Iqbal. What a pointless article

By: clone4crw

clone4crw — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 04:54:11 +0000

Yes, Microsoft. I’m sure it makes Windows 7 more reliable… but HOW???. Lol.

By: Tom Stack

Tom Stack — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 03:07:33 +0000

It does appear that you did not read the entire support doc as eric points out three specific issues are fixed. I would call them more like bug fixes. They really dont dont fix anything crashing so Im not sure if reliablty is exacvtly the right term.

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:54:26 +0000

More details on this fix here http://keyliner.blogspot.com/