Service registration is missing or corrupt

I had just tried microsoft update and when nothing happened I used the "NET STOP WUAUSERV to stop it (as just closing does not work until I do it from task manager)   then this appeared in the window from microsoft:

The site cannot continue because one or more of these Windows services is not running:

·                         Automatic Updates (allows the site to find, download and install high-priority updates for your computer)

·                         Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) (helps updates download more quickly and without problems if the download process is interrupted)

·                         Event Log (keeps a record of updating activities to help with troubleshooting, if needed)

To make sure these services are running:

1. Click Start, and then click Run.
2. Type services.msc and then click OK.
3. In the list of services, double-click on Automatic Updates and then click Properties.
4. In the Startup type list, select Automatic and click Apply.
5. Verify that the Service status is started, if the Service Status is Stopped click on the Start Button.
6. In the list of services, double-click on Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) and then click Properties.
7. In the Startup type list, select Manual and click Apply.
8. Verify that the Service status is started, If the Service Status is Stopped click on the Start Button.
9. In the list of services, double-click on Event Log and then click Properties.
10. In the Startup type list, select Automatic and click Apply.
11. Verify that the Service status is started, If the Service Status is Stopped click on the Start Button.

If this does not resolve the problem you may request help from one of the following resources.

For self-help options:

·                         Frequently Asked Questions

·                         Find Solutions

·                         Windows Update Newsgroup

For assisted support options:

Microsoft Online Assisted Support (no-cost for Windows Update issues)

I followed the procedure and found that "service status showed stopped but the rest were as they should be. Also note that you do not have to click on properites as you are already there when you double click on any of the services. I then restarted with the WUAUCLT /DETECTNOW and low and behold it has been downloading the updates in the background.  They do not show up in the check your recent updates but if you go to Add and remove programs in control panel and check show updates they will appear.  I think the trick was to stop the express or custom update using the NET STOP WUAUSERV then do the restart with WUAUCLT /DETECTNOW  after I got out of services. (note that there is a space between  wuauclt and /detectnow. and that it sometimes takes a while before the window that is showing it stopping actually closes. The first time I did it it took about 2 minutes before the blinking underscores worked there away accross the box the the window closed, Since then it is down to about 5 seconds.

Good luck

Hi,

 

It did not work for me. Windows update just keeps running without showing me anything.

 

Fix it gives me the following error:

 

Windows Update Publisher details

Issues found

Service registration is missing or corrupt                 Service registration is missing or corrupt        Not fixed  

                                                                                               Reset service registration                                    Succeeded 

Hi, I have the same problem as jmlsr59.

I am going around in circles.

Tried different versions of Fix It.

 This is what it says: SERVICE REGISTRATION IS MISSING OR CORRUPTED.

Hi,

 

It did not work for me. Windows update just keeps running without showing me anything.

 

Fix it gives me the following error:

 

Windows Update Publisher details

Issues found

Service registration is missing or corrupt                 Service registration is missing or corrupt        Not fixed  

                                                                                               Reset service registration                                    Succeeded 

Hi, I have the same problem as jmlsr59.

I am going around in circles.

Tried different versions of Fix It.

 This is what it says: SERVICE REGISTRATION IS MISSING OR CORRUPTED.

Hi Wilbert,

Please do the following.

Go to Start, Run and then type or copy/paste the following command in bold type and click OK: services.msc

(if you don't have "Run" on the Start menu, hit Windows key + R instead).

In the list of Services, can you see "Background Intelligent Transfer Service" or "BITS"?

If it's there, double click it and in the General tab, click the Start button. Does it start?

If it's nowhere to be seen, follow instructions in this thread:http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_xp-windows_update/windows-xp-update-doesnt-work-how-to-stop-office/a059c47b-e8ad-46c6-8278-ae143feead7c

Hi Paola, my 2 Windows XP Computer and Laptop have the same problem.

Things went funny after the October Update when my computer started hanging.

November didn't show any problems after I switched off the Internet and Antivirus.

During November I noticed that program svchost.exe  SYSTEM was running 99% CPU intermittently.

This month December there waere NO Updates.

Cheers

I think there is more than this issue here that Microsoft need to take a deep look into. Regardless of support for XP running out on April 8th 2014 like every web page tells you. There customers on XP still need to be able to download and install all updates that had been available up to that point. Windows update OR Microsoft Update as it is now classed as on some occasions should still work seemingly in my book. I have never had to do any fix before up until these new installs recently that I have done over the past 2-3 weeks.

I have built 3 machines all activated with their own COA licence key. I built one machine by making a copy of the Windows XP SP2 disk and injecting SP3 into it, this came from an official disk and this was still causing an issue. The other machines were an XP Dell SP3 version and a 64BIT version all doing the same... I'm lost with ideas.

I have come to the conclusion now, I have put the base build on and that its a known issue with windows update, hoping that Microsoft does a general fix for it, doubt this is going to happen now... Some of the machines I have built are fairly old ones and with all the updates on would run slow anyway so I'm not going to concern myself much about them.

But this does need to be looked into, I think higher up rather than trying to get work around, something has changed and its not our media!