Can one apply Windows Updates without Loging on to Windows?

[RicardoBohner]

Dear sevenforum users,

The problem in question is not happening to myself but someone I want to help out.

When he tries to logon to his Windows 7 machine he gets a interactive logon failure error message and is unable to logon.

He tried save mode, save mode with network and save mode with command prompt and none worked. So he installed a second Windows 7 on another partition, made some research and found a hotfix he's sure will solve his problem.

Now we are at the one million question: How to apply updates without being able to log on to Windows?

Are there any means to accomplish this? Thanks in advance, Ricardo Bohner.

 

[kegobeer]

Try doing this to see if things can be repaired.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/139810-sfc-scannow-run-command-prompt-boot.html

Use method 1.