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Blue screen error: "Stop 0x0000007e" or "Stop 0x00000050" (Windows Update 973879)
- Document ID: 98082799
- Posted Date: 2009-09-08
- Last Updated: 2009-09-08
- Distribution: View Public Website
- Issue
The computer may lock up, displaying a 'blue screen' error (BSOD) with the message "Stop 0x0000007e" or "Stop 0x00000050".
This can occur after applying Microsoft's Windows Update 973879 to a computer running the 64-bit version of Microsoft Windows Vista.
Like other Windows Updates, this one may be installed automatically by the Windows Update service.
- Resolution
If this Windows Update has been applied to your computer, follow this link for Microsoft's instructions to un-install the update, which should fix the problem.
Windows Update is no longer applying this update to computers running 64-bit Windows Vista.
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