Windows Blue screen of death! 0x0000007B message = possible workaround fix

We recently got one of these - can be very fustrating to fix and time consuming.  what we found:-

Scenario:   In windows bootup get blue screen error: 0x0000007B (0xBACC7524, 0x00000034, 0x00000000, 0x00000000)
Get same error when startup in Safe mode with Networking.
Only mode that worked was Safe mode and Safe mode command prompt.

1. check it's not anything in the startup, from dos type: msconfig.exe      and turn off startup programs.

2. try a windows restore checkpoint in Safe Mode

3. restore partition from backup image, when you then first boot after this restore make sure you boot in Safe Mode (THIS IS IMPORTANT), if you see a hardware change message then this is probably the reason why you're having issues booting.   then reboot in normal mode.