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WinUpdate made Admin act as no admin privileges available?
So, for the second time this month, a Windows Update has basically killed my machine.
As I was going to bed at 0230GMT, WindowsUpdate started an auto-install and rebooted my machine.
As I logged into the Admin-level account normally, it appears to stop loading any of my programs - firewall, AV, email, everything.
Volume appears, and that's it.
I click my browser icon on the jump bar, and it popsup an alert box that says :
"Windows cannot access the specified device, path or file. You may not have the appropriate permissions to access the item."
I get this on everything : command prompt window, Games on non-boot drive, Windows utilities/programs themselves.
Funnily enough, although "Run as Admin" on my browsers doesn't work, using the "Run Safer" option through my OnlineArmor firewall/program guard does allow a browser to run. But not anything else. And not as with Admin Privileges.
Bloody annoying!
I can't uninstall anything.
"Last Known Good Configuration" and "Safe Mode" does nothing for this problem. There's no way to access "System Restore", so even if there is a restore point (which there should be - I made one after reinstalling at beginning of the month, the last time this happened), I can't use it.
The "Shut Down" button on the Start Menu constantly tells me to click it for the update process again....5 times or so, and it's still there.
I can access My Computer through Start Menu, and move files around.
What in blazes is happening? And why twice after a Windows Update that I cannot defer or block?
P4 3.06GHz
2GB Dual-Channel PC-133 RAM
ATI HD 3450 512 MB GPU
Win7 Ultimate 32-bit
EmsiSoft's OnlineArmor2 firewall
Avast! Anti-Virus.