Solved Infinite reboot loop after a BSoD and attempted windows updates

[Sk8kidamh]

Start/Stop Windows Modules Installer service in Windows 7 from Services, Regedit or CMD
Try to set the "start type" to manual and apply.

After that press start to service. Service is really started? Crash?

Open "device manager" . Any question/exclamation marks or "other devices" there?

ipconfig>ipconfig.txt
start ipconfig.txt
del ipconfig.txt

Post that info

Exclamation points by:
"Apple mobile device Ethernet-virtualbox bridged networking driver miniport"
Cisco anyconnect secure mobility client virtual miniport adapter for windowsx64- virtual box bridged networking driver miniport
Dw150 wireless-n WLAN half-mini card - virtual box bridged networking driver miniport
Intel(r) 82579LM gigabit network connection - virtualbox bridged networking driver miniport
Microsoft virtual wifi miniport adapter - virtualbox bridged networkijg driver miniport
SDA standard compliant SD host controller

 

[Kaktussoft]

Start/Stop Windows Modules Installer service in Windows 7 from Services, Regedit or CMD
Try to set the "start type" to manual and apply.

After that press start to service. Service is really started? Crash?

Open "device manager" . Any question/exclamation marks or "other devices" there?

ipconfig>ipconfig.txt
start ipconfig.txt
del ipconfig.txt

Post that info

Exclamation points by:
"Apple mobile device Ethernet-virtualbox bridged networking driver miniport"
Cisco anyconnect secure mobility client virtual miniport adapter for windowsx64- virtual box bridged networking driver miniport
Dw150 wireless-n WLAN half-mini card - virtual box bridged networking driver miniport
Intel(r) 82579LM gigabit network connection - virtualbox bridged networking driver miniport
Microsoft virtual wifi miniport adapter - virtualbox bridged networkijg driver miniport
SDA standard compliant SD host controller

uninstall virtualbox and check device manager again. Especially check the network card driver

 

[Sk8kidamh]

I cannot find a virtualbox uninstall.

 

[Kaktussoft]

I cannot find a virtualbox uninstall.

Did you check "Add/Remove Programs" applet in the Windows Control Panel?
Otherwise in device manager: rightclick the virtual box stuff one by one and select uninstall driver.

Are you trying to connect to internet wired or wireless?

 

[Sk8kidamh]

I cannot find a virtualbox uninstall.

Did you check "Add/Remove Programs" applet in the Windows Control Panel?
Otherwise in device manager: rightclick the virtual box stuff one by one and select uninstall driver.

Are you trying to connect to internet wired or wireless?

I did check that, and it's not listed as a program.

I can't uninstall the driver's individually either.

I'm trying wireless, but I've also tried a USB connection from my phone. I'll go try Ethernet in a minute.

 

[Kaktussoft]

Exclamation points by:
SDA standard compliant SD host controller =>that's a SD-card reader. Totally irrelevangt now.


"Apple mobile device Ethernet-virtualbox bridged networking driver miniport"
Cisco anyconnect secure mobility client virtual miniport adapter for windowsx64- virtual box bridged networking driver miniport
Dw150 wireless-n WLAN half-mini card - virtual box bridged networking driver miniport
Intel(r) 82579LM gigabit network connection - virtualbox bridged networking driver miniport
Microsoft virtual wifi miniport adapter - virtualbox bridged networkijg driver miniport

All virtual and virtualbox stuff? Post screenshot of device manager. Rightclick on Intel(r) 82579LM gigabit network connection->properties. in field status... what is the error code?
Same for Dw150 wireless-n WLAN half-mini card.

 

[Sk8kidamh]

Exclamation points by:
SDA standard compliant SD host controller =>that's a SD-card reader. Totally irrelevangt now.


"Apple mobile device Ethernet-virtualbox bridged networking driver miniport"
Cisco anyconnect secure mobility client virtual miniport adapter for windowsx64- virtual box bridged networking driver miniport
Dw150 wireless-n WLAN half-mini card - virtual box bridged networking driver miniport
Intel(r) 82579LM gigabit network connection - virtualbox bridged networking driver miniport
Microsoft virtual wifi miniport adapter - virtualbox bridged networkijg driver miniport

All virtual and virtualbox stuff? Post screenshot of device manager. Rightclick on Intel(r) 82579LM gigabit network connection->properties. in field status... what is the error code?
Same for Dw150 wireless-n WLAN half-mini card.

The error for both devices is "windows cannot load the device driver for this hardware. The driver may be corrupted or missing"

 

[Kaktussoft]

I cannot find a virtualbox uninstall.

2.1.3. Uninstallation




As VirtualBox uses the standard Microsoft Windows installer, VirtualBox can be safely uninstalled at any time by choosing the program entry in the "Add/Remove Programs" applet in the Windows Control Panel.
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Or maybe you can try: install virtualbox again and uninstall it later after reboot.

 

[Sk8kidamh]

Got it. Internet works now. Now what?

 

[Kaktussoft]

Exclamation points by:
SDA standard compliant SD host controller =>that's a SD-card reader. Totally irrelevangt now.


"Apple mobile device Ethernet-virtualbox bridged networking driver miniport"
Cisco anyconnect secure mobility client virtual miniport adapter for windowsx64- virtual box bridged networking driver miniport
Dw150 wireless-n WLAN half-mini card - virtual box bridged networking driver miniport
Intel(r) 82579LM gigabit network connection - virtualbox bridged networking driver miniport
Microsoft virtual wifi miniport adapter - virtualbox bridged networkijg driver miniport

All virtual and virtualbox stuff? Post screenshot of device manager. Rightclick on Intel(r) 82579LM gigabit network connection->properties. in field status... what is the error code?
Same for Dw150 wireless-n WLAN half-mini card.

The error for both devices is "windows cannot load the device driver for this hardware. The driver may be corrupted or missing"

It looks like all related virtualbox stuff is broken in device manager.
Please post screenshot of "network center" -> adapter settings as well

 

[Kaktussoft]

Got it. Internet works now. Now what?

How did you fix that?

 

[Kaktussoft]

Exclamation points by:
SDA standard compliant SD host controller =>that's a SD-card reader. Totally irrelevangt now.


"Apple mobile device Ethernet-virtualbox bridged networking driver miniport"
Cisco anyconnect secure mobility client virtual miniport adapter for windowsx64- virtual box bridged networking driver miniport
Dw150 wireless-n WLAN half-mini card - virtual box bridged networking driver miniport
Intel(r) 82579LM gigabit network connection - virtualbox bridged networking driver miniport
Microsoft virtual wifi miniport adapter - virtualbox bridged networkijg driver miniport

All virtual and virtualbox stuff? Post screenshot of device manager. Rightclick on Intel(r) 82579LM gigabit network connection->properties. in field status... what is the error code?
Same for Dw150 wireless-n WLAN half-mini card.

The error for both devices is "windows cannot load the device driver for this hardware. The driver may be corrupted or missing"

The two devices with arrow down sign in front: they are just network adapters that are disabled in "network center"->adapter settings.

normal wireless and wired networking looks like normal. Try "windows update"-> find updates. and install 1 as a test.

 

[Sk8kidamh]

Well luckily I still had the setup file for virtualbox, so I used that to remove the install. As soon as I did that the internet connected.

 

[Sk8kidamh]

I had to reboot the computer and it went back into the loop. The registry value that I changed earlier had reverted to 2. Once I switched it back to three again it booted, but I'm pretty sure that if I reboot it's going to keep up with this problem.

 

[Sk8kidamh]

I also can't run sfc /scannow. I'm getting the same error I was getting from the recovery window "There is a system repair pending which requires a reboot to complete"

 

[Kaktussoft]

I had to reboot the computer and it went back into the loop. The registry value that I changed earlier had reverted to 2. Once I switched it back to three again it booted, but I'm pretty sure that if I reboot it's going to keep up with this problem.

But did you install 1 windows update?

So with start=3 it boots fine. Also with start=4 (that's what we did before).

Just before shutdown or restart check the value in registry. Or reopen services.msc and look at the start type. It should be manual.

Fixing the value in recovery environment makes the system bootable. So it's definitely not reset in the boot fase.

Try to logoff/logon... is the value reset?

 

[Sk8kidamh]

Well the value for start in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\TrustedInstaller is 2 now that I've booted. The Window's installer module was changed to automatic, but I definitely set it to manual before I rebooted last time. I just finished installing an update, so I'm about to restart to see what happens.

 

[Sk8kidamh]

Okay, so if I reset the registry value to 3 before the reboot, it reboots and everything looks fine. But every time I boot up the registry value is reset to 2.

I installed a window's update and that seems to have gone fine.

 

[Kaktussoft]

After installing an update and just before shutdown: What is the "start" value?
Don't shutdown at that moment but logoff and logon: What is the "start" value?

 

[Sk8kidamh]

The start value is 2 as soon as I boot up, through all of that, and when I shut down. The only time it isn't 2 is if I go into the services.msc and change trustedinstaller to manual.