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February’s Patch Tuesday seems to be having some glitch in one of the 13 updates causing the operating system to push Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) with either one of the Page Faults.

PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA
Technical Information:
STOP: 0×00000050 (0×80097004, 0×00000001, 0×80515103, 0×00000000)

STOP:  0×0000007B (0xB84C3524, 0xC0000034, 0×00000000, 0×00000000)

STOP: 0×0000007E (0xC0000034, 0xB84C3524, 0×00000000, 0×00000000)

STOP: 0×0000007F (0xC000001D, 0×00000000, 0×80537008, 0xBA4CB0B4)

It seems that windows unable to boot into any Windows Advanced boot modes. Since Microsoft Support Team extensively working on this issue, the removal of KB977165 Hot-Fix update via Recovery Console seems to have fixed the problem.

Follow the below steps to remove KB977165 via Recovery Console:

Step 1: Boot into Windows Recovery Console using the CD. If you don’t get the Console, probably you have to follow this Microsoft KB307654.

Step 2: In the Repair screen execute the following commands one by one and hit Enter

CHDIR $NtUninstallKB977165$\spuninst

BATCH spuninst.txt

systemroot

If the above KB977165 removal doesn’t work then you have to repeat step 2 to uninstall the following KB’s in the same way you did above. You have to change the KB Article Number and rest of the commands are same.

KB978262 | KB978262 | KB971468 | KB978037 | KB975713 | KB978251 | KB978706

KB975560 | KB977914

Finally type the command ‘exit’ to come out of the Recovery Console and let the computer restart to come up with a good start. Hope it should work out as of now till the experts fix up things from their end.

Blue Screen after Windows XP Update – Microsoft Answers

Microsoft security updates for February 2010

You get an error message like “Generic Host Process for Win32 Services has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.”

Followed by the error message given above you will get a countdown like the one below:

“This system is shutting down. Please save all work in progress and log off. Any unsaved changes will be lost. This shutdown was initiated by NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM”

Few Symptoms of getting these Errors:

1. The internet connection is halted and unable to browse even though you get a connected icon in the system tray
2. Error message reports about the netapi32.dll and svchost.exe faults
3. Error message like “Your PC has recovered from a serious problem”

Solution for this Error on a Virus Infected PC:

This is probably caused by an Root-kit activity in your computer. If the online scanners are unable to fix the problem you may try the following steps given below:

Step 1: Go to Start –> Click Run –> and type “shutdown -a” (without quotes). This is to forcefully stopping the shutdown countdown

Step 2: Download and run the tool TDSSKiller from Kaspersky which will effectively remove Rootkit.Win32.TDSS. Restart the computer.

The above tool will help if the computer is infected by a root-kit and fix this issue. You may also try the Microsoft Patch KB894391 if its not seems to be an virus issue.

Got some suggestions and comments on this topic, please use the comment section below.

Orkut’ing, Twitter’ing and Facebook’ing, in 2010 its time for Buzzing. As we know Twitter and Facebook are darlings of Social Media, now its going to be changing by Google with its new project called Google Buzz.

Google is rolling out its new feature inside Gmail where we can find new ways to share information on the web and yet a bit careful in sharing it though.

5 Key Features which defines Google Buzz:

1. Auto Following – Once you started using it you will be following all the people you emailed and had a chat with the most.

2. Rich, fast sharing experience – Same Gmail User Interface with keyboard shortcuts, twitter updates and all the things which users willing to share often.

3. Public and Private Sharing – You have to be very careful in sharing pictures, videos and all other information as it will be indexed in Google Search right away. You have the option of picking up your public and private sharing preferences.

4. Inbox Integration – Yes. The Inbox is the Center of all the communication. Comments will be sent right to your Inbox and get the conversation going.

5. Just the Good Stuff – A filter to highlight only the top posts.

As Google Buzz just out of the box, when you open Gmail, in few days you will be greeted with a page welcoming and introducing you to Google Buzz. The tab should be below the Inbox labeled “Buzz”. It provides several links to websites, Picasa, Twitter, Flickr and other content around the web.

Noteworthy points of Google Buzz:

• You can also access Buzz via iPhone and Android Mobiles, and from Google Mobile Maps.
• Buzz has voice recognition and will post it right into your buzz in real time.
• Buzz knows where you are, such as it will name a building and confirm it with you too.
• The interface and the activities inside Buzz looks similar to Google Reader
• Its in-built Photo viewer looks similar to Flickr
• Including your emails inside your Gmail Inbox you will get buzz items with a buzz icon
• Get new updates without refreshing the page
• Comment with @ reply same like Twitter
• It will show recommended buzz same like Facebook suggested friends list
• You cannot publish anything to Twitter but can pull in
• Buzz items will go through the same spam filtering tools for Gmail
• Enterprise version of Buzz will be released later this year

I feel Google buzz is more likely an integration of functionalities in Facebook, Twitter and an FriendFeed Clone. We will wait and see whether its another soon-to-be-forgotten Google Product or not.! What’s your Opinion?