Windows update KB3177467 – Causing crashing and boot loop

Oh those were the days. MS updates smashing their way into your infrastructure, leaving Exchange a gibbering wreck, W7 desktops not booting, WSUS not wanting to remove the updates… So glad those days are…gone… Oh wait, no, still happening!

In a physical environment, an update causing an issue with a desktop is a pain the backside – you have multiple options and ways to mitigate this. In a VDI environment… Well, you can imagine the carnage (Like Carmageddon without cars? Desktopgeddon? VDIGeddon? Ok, I’ll stop now.)

After trying multiple solutions, finally stumbled on someone else who had the problem way back in October 2016 and got it sorted out:

Update KB3177467 causing boot loop

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