Windows 2012 R2 server BsoD after Windows updates

You restored from a backup made before the updates?

Tried this and it booted up fine only to fail again

What about VMware Tools?  Is it up to date or have you tried re-installing them?

Then it is extremely unlikely the updates are the cause. What is the specific blue screen error?

Yes they are running and ive reinstalled them.
Critical service error: https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/2c9b39c3-4cca-4de0-a988-28f2b4d03eb7/win-2012-r2-bsod-critical-service-failure?forum=winserver8setup

sfc /scannow fails

Tried:
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/811deebe-4f84-41cc-9403-c7c2d9f904b6/win2012-r2-criticalservicefailed-win8driverfault?forum=winserver8gen

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/2c9b39c3-4cca-4de0-a988-28f2b4d03eb7/win-2012-r2-bsod-critical-service-failure?forum=winserver8setup

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/063f7600-8e4b-404f-9d35-d3b55b474a2d/disable-driver-signature-enforcement?forum=winserver8gen

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/5e048b0f-83b2-4281-b5e9-533ef3de564d/disable-driver-signature-enforcement-permanetly-at-bootup-how?forum=winservergen

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/azure/en-US/bc5aabaa-a134-4763-bee2-0c5c4853b392/criticalservicefailed-blue-screen-in-windows-2012-r2?forum=winserverhyperv

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/2c9b39c3-4cca-4de0-a988-28f2b4d03eb7/win-2012-r2-bsod-critical-service-failure?forum=winserver8setup

https://support.microsoft.com/en-za/help/947821/fix-windows-update-errors-by-using-the-dism-or-system-update-readiness

https://searchwindowsserver.techtarget.com/tip/Enlist-Windows-SFC-and-DISM-tools-to-fix-server-OS-problems

It looks like you've went through a lot to get to a worse position than you were before.

My thoughts are have you tried DISM with a different repair source from a working system of the same build?

Also, I think it's likely a "hardware" issue.  By chance are you using the VMXNET3 for a network adapter and if so have you considered changing it to E1000.  This is just a shot in the dark but I've had issues with the network drivers and the virtual adapters that altering the card type helped.

What is the error message in the bluescreen? Can you upload a screen shot? One option is the boot from the Windows 2012 ISO and got to recovery options and copy the affected driver from the CD to the server

Rebuilt the VM in the end.