Hello I too am experiencing the c0000034 problem (this is after experiencing the c000009a problem - that makes two problems to solve! woohoo).
I have tried the kb article's script removing POQ method, but I at the moment am having trouble with this method:
At the command prompt where I type in the command:
F:\>CScript Script.vbs C:\Windows\winsxs\pending.xml
(F is where my script.vbs file is located, C is my windows installation)
I get this error:
Failure loading XML file C:\Windows\winsxs\pending.xml.
Please help me. I really don't feel like reformatting for this one stupid mistake of Microsoft (service pack issues because of language packs installed? really? do they even bothering testing software nowadays?)
Edit: I have a trusty Knoppix boot disk in which I can directly access my Windows files - even the pending.xml file. Can I manually execute what the script.vbs file does, since I can't get the script to work?