Users are reporting BSODs after installing some of this month’s patches

Aug 14, 2014 14:03 GMT  ·  By

Microsoft rolled out August Update plus a number of other patches on this month’s Update Tuesday cycle, but it appears that a number of computers are affected by random BSODs whose cause is yet to be determined.

First reported by InfoWorld, this issue shows up after installing KB2976897, KB2982791, and KB2970228 patches on Windows 7, with the BSOD error reading a simple 0x50 message.

Several users have already confirmed the problems in posts on Microsoft’s Community forums, with some claiming that Windows 7 64-bit could be the only version of the OS that’s affected until now.

“I too have had the same problem blue screen of death after installing Tuesdays updates after messing around for hours I have had to hide KB2976897, KB2982791, and KB2970228 to be able to start my computer normally I wish that Microsoft would check the updates before releasing them I suspect that these updates mentioned above are not compatible with windows 7 64bit which I am running,” one user explains.

Those who are experiencing the issue are recommended to hide the updates until Microsoft provides a workaround for this. The company hasn’t yet commented on the cause of the problem, but it’s most likely looking into reports as we speak.