Windows Update has wiped my system

I just woke up and found that my computer was installed updates KB978506 and KB977074 and my profile entire user had been completely reset.  I have Windows 7 Home premium (64-bit) and all the icons in the taskbar, desktop icons, browser settings, wallpaper, pretty much any custom that I could think to check has been reset to all as when I bought this computer.
Don't know what the heck just happened and any help would be great.

And I just found all my documents are gone as well.  ****

Well I just did a system restore and now I hope it's all good.

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