oh.
Windows updates can be problematic in rare occasions.
That said, sometimes they will make a rollback point before they start the update, so an OS restore could conceivably help. Something definitely going on in the internals of the OS though. Blue screens with that error code could literally be anything, but having a point of failure tied to the updates could mean that rolling back to before them may be able to undo the damage they did.
Doubly-so if safe mode is helping. Means that whatever is causing the fault isn't integral to OS operation, which at least gives you the chance for a resolution without a full reimage. Hopefully.