HELP! Fatal Error C0000034 applying update operation 303 of 106925 (_00000...)

Question

I don't know what to do.
Installation of the Windows 7 service pack 1 had been interrupted. I started the computer up, and it stuck at the start up screen(black with windows logo and "Starting Windows". I had to force shut down by holding power button then when I started
it back up I ran the Startup Repair. It restarted after that and THEN gave me the C0000034 Fatal Error code. I've left it there until I get help with what to do now.
I cannot access my desktop, I haven't tried force shutting it down and starting again. I need major help, please.
I don't know much about computers. I need something simple that I can understand.
I hope I can get a quick reply, I don't want to have to wipe everything out.

Answer 1

Hi,
The solution for the issue from the author named Herman:
Do the following:
1. Locate a second computer with access to the internet.
2. Open Notepad.
3. Copy and paste the following text into Notepad.
     Dim xmlDoc, node, nodeList, fileName, backupFileName, numberOfPOQNodes
      Set xmlDoc = CreateObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM")
      If Wscript.Arguments.Count = 0 Then
      WScript.echo("Error! No XML file specified.")
      Wscript.quit
      End If
      fileName = WScript.Arguments(0)
      backupFileName = Left(fileName, InStrRev(fileName, ".") - 1) & "_backup.xml"
      If Not xmlDoc.load(fileName) Then
      WScript.echo("Failure loading XML file " & fileName & ".")
      Wscript.quit
      End If
      xmlDoc.save(backupFileName)
      Set nodeList = xmlDoc.documentElement.selectNodes("POQ")
      numberOfPOQNodes = nodeList.Length
      For Each node in nodeList
      xmlDoc.documentElement.removeChild(node)
      Next
      xmlDoc.save(fileName)
      Set xmlDoc = Nothing
      WScript.echo(numberOfPOQNodes & " POQ nodes removed. Script completed.")
   4. Click File, and then click Save as.
   5. Name the file script.vbs and save the file to a removable media device such as a USB thumb drive.
APPLYING THE SCRIPT TO THE FAILED INSTALLATION:
1. Restart your computer and start pressing the F8 key on your keyboard. You have to press F8 before the Windows logo appears. If the Windows logo appears, you have to try again by waiting until the Windows logon prompt appears and then shutting down and
restarting your computer.
2. Use the arrow keys to select Repair your Computer in the Advanced Boot Options area, and then press Enter. If you are prompted, select the Windows 7 installation to be repaired, and then click Next.
3. Select the language and a keyboard input method, and then click Next.
4. Select a user name, type your password, and then click OK.
5. Under System Recovery Options, make a note of the Windows 7 drive letter listed on the line below Choose a recovery tool.
For example, you may see something similar to the following.
Operating system: Windows 7 on (C:) <VolumeName>
Note In this example, the drive letter for Windows 7 would be C.
6. Under System Recovery Options, click Command Prompt.
7. Insert the removable media with the script (.vbs) file that you previously created into the PC.
8. At the command prompt, navigate to the drive, and the directory, that contains the script (.vbs) file that you previously created.
For example, if you previously saved the script.vbs file that you created to the root of a USB thumb drive, and the drive letter associated with the USB thumb drive is the “E” drive, you would simply type the following at the command prompt, and then press
Enter.
E:
Note If you are not sure which drive contains the removable media you can use Diskpart to display a list of drives. To run Diskpart, follow these steps.
         1. Type Diskpart, and then press Enter.
         2. Type List volume, and then press Enter.
         3. Make a note of the drive that contains the removable media with the script (.vbs) file that you previously created. Assuming you used a USB thumb drive, the drive type will be listed as “Removable”.
         4. To exit Diskpart type Exit, and then press Enter.
9. At the command prompt, type the following command and press Enter:
Cscript Script.vbs C:\Windows\winsxs\pending.xml
In this example, (c:\) is the drive letter that the Windows 7 operating system is installed on.
This will run the script in the Script.vbs file. After the script completes, you may see a message similar to following.
2 POQ nodes removed. Script Completed
10. To exit the command prompt type Exit, and then press Enter.
11. Restart your computer. Service Pack 1 installation should now complete successfully.
Further problems?  See:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;975484
Hope this helps out!
Spencer
TechNet Community Support