Obviously, if the System Restore didn't fix the problem, the updates didn't cause it. One thing that I don't understand from your OP is what is PrevX? The next step would be to do a repair install, and if for some reason that doesn't work, to reinstall via a backup image...if you have one. Failing that, you will probably have to reinstall from scratch.
P.S. Please fill in your system specs, and along with that, specify your exact version of W7.