I also encountered this frustration. Couldn't even boot into safe mode and none of the Advanced Boot options could help either. Wish there was a searchable method of manually removing the driver but I found none and had to re-install Windows 7. This was especially frustrating because both the computers I built for my extended family had the same hardware setup - and the update killed them both. I'm currently re-installing Windows 7 on both and removing this update from the Windows Update options. I'll be sticking to Asus' website and direct my family not to use WU for driver updates anymore (which is rather disappointing in my opinion - why even offer them up if they're not going to work OR much worst: force a Windows re-install?)
Windows 7 64-bit
Asus Ethernet Controller Driver
This package installs the software (Ethernet Controller driver) to enable the following device. Device name Device name in the Device Manager.
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ASUSTeK Computer INC. M4A79 Deluxe Rev 1
2.10 gigahertz AMD Athlon Dual Core
4096 Megabytes Usable Installed Memory
Corsair Force GT [Hard drive] (180.05 GB) -- drive 0, s/n <x>, rev 1.3.3, SMART Status: Healthy
ST3500418AS [Hard drive] (500.11 GB) -- drive 1, s/n <x>, rev CC37, SMART Status: Healthy
WDC WD1001FALS-00Y6A0 [Hard drive] (1000.20 GB) -- drive 2, s/n <x>, rev 05.01D05, SMART Status: Healthy
Ethernet Controller Driver Vista
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- Hey could I get the link to download and Ethernet driver for these specs. ATI Radeon 3000 Graphics. AMD Athlon iix2 260Proesor Thanks.