Windows update service not running

Anonymous
2010-01-26T07:06:52+00:00

Today I tried running windows update and ran into a problem saying that windows update service might not be running and i need to restart my computer but after many restart its still not running.

edit: sorry I forgot to include that info my first post

windows 7 64 bit upgrade from vista 64

Mcafee security center 1 year subcription

I dont shutdown my computer its 24/7 my last windows update install was 01/13/2010. The automatic update service is not in the services.msc

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Anonymous
2012-06-25T13:42:20+00:00

If you get the error message that the update service is not running, the first thing to check is that the service is on automatic. If it is, then go to your automatic updates settings, and turn them completely off. It's the "not recommended" setting, never check for updates. After you have set updates to this, go to the control panel and manually check for updates. It worked well for me; it checked for the updates, installed them, and afterwards I could set it to automatic updates and it worked. This was on a Windows 7 system.

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Anonymous
2010-01-27T04:59:11+00:00

Thanks all for the support! But I think its a corruption problem and as I am looking into windows 7 programs some of them are not working anymore. so i decided to put in the win 7 dvd and did another upgrade from win 7 itself and it worked now after 4 hours of reinstallation

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  1. Anonymous
    2012-08-21T05:33:46+00:00

    I got this too; a typical worthless Microsoft error message, with no way to resolve it.

    I finally found the Windows Update Troubleshooter, downloaded it, and ran it. It said

    "Repairing Windows Update components frequently resolves common Windows Update errors Not fixed" Real useful results, aren't they?

    The only useful information I have is that you may need to lower your firewall security settings to send your troubleshooter results to Microsoft. I did this on a hunch, and not because the troubleshooter said to do it; all it did was give another utterly useless error message, "Results Not Sent." (Lowering the hardware firewall fixed this.)

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  2. Anonymous
    2012-08-21T05:36:41+00:00

    I tried Windows Update, which said 16 important updates were ready to be installed. I clicked to install and got the message, "An unexpected error occurred."

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  3. Anonymous
    2012-08-21T17:28:11+00:00

    To avoid confusion & duplication of effort, please post any/all further follow-up in replies to your own, new thread => http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-performance/is-there-a-way-to-disable-windows-7-from-shutting/487bf3a2-06bf-4746-b0a3-728bb2b9f545

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