After installing the Windows updates from August 14, 2013 many users stopped running many applications with the output of the error 0x00000005 or even the operating system stopped loading. In particular, Windows 7 x64. The cause was the installation of the update KB2859537. To fix the error, you can remove it by typing the command:
wusa.exe /uninstall /kb:2859537
09/11/2013 one more update has been issued that causes the same symptoms, we also treat with the removal:
wusa.exe /uninstall /kb:2872339