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Tip: Windows update won't run because the update service is notrunning
Hi All,
Speaking of a house of cards, if you are getting a stupid "windows can not update because the update service in not running" error and the service is actually running. 1) stop the windows update service 2) delete the Windows\SoftwareDistribution folder 3) restart the service 4) reopen the Update Windows dialog. Click the update button. If it still does not work, on the right, click on the change setting line. Then change back to the check updates dialog and try again. Worked four out of four times for me. HTH, -T |
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Tip: Windows update won't run because the update service is not running
"T" wrote in message news Hi All, Speaking of a house of cards, if you are getting a stupid "windows can not update because the update service in not running" error and the service is actually running. 1) stop the windows update service 2) delete the Windows\SoftwareDistribution folder 3) restart the service 4) reopen the Update Windows dialog. Click the update button. If it still does not work, on the right, click on the change setting line. Then change back to the check updates dialog and try again. Worked four out of four times for me. HTH, -T Thank you. I wish that I would have seen this fix sooner. I maintain 7 computers and had just completed setting up an upgrade for my daughter and settled down to do some leisure work on my main computer. I found the "update service in not running" error. I ran into an update problem a few years ago and after a couple days poking at it, I did a reinstall. After a half day poking with this I decided to save time and do a reinstall. I stumbled onto your post and checked out two other computers. They both had the "update service in not running" error. Your fix was applied to both successfully. Thank you again for posting this fix.---Dean |
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Tip: Windows update won't run because the update service is notrunning
On 12/30/2017 10:47 PM, Dean-MN wrote:
"T" wrote in message news Hi All, Speaking of a house of cards, if you are getting a stupid "windows can not update because the update service in not running" error and the service is actually running. 1) stop the windows update service 2) delete the Windows\SoftwareDistribution folder 3) restart the service 4) reopen the Update Windows dialog.Â* Click the update button.Â* If it still does not work, on the right, click on the change setting line.Â* Then change back to the check updates dialog and try again.Â* Worked four out of four times for me. HTH, -T Thank you. I wish that I would have seen this fix sooner. I maintain 7 computers and had just completed setting up an upgrade for my daughter and settled down to do some leisure work on my main computer. I found the "update service in not running" error. I ran into an update problem a few years ago and after a couple days poking at it, I did a reinstall. After a half day poking with this I decided to save time and do a reinstall. I stumbled onto your post and checked out two other computers. They both had the "update service in not running" error. Your fix was applied to both successfully. Thank you again for posting this fix.---Dean You are most welcome. Thank you for the feed back. Very classy! |
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Tip: Windows update won't run because the update service is not running
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2017 05:58:20 GMT in alt.windows7.general, wrote:
Hi All, Speaking of a house of cards, if you are getting a stupid "windows can not update because the update service in not running" error and the service is actually running. 1) stop the windows update service 2) delete the Windows\SoftwareDistribution folder 3) restart the service 4) reopen the Update Windows dialog. Click the update button. If it still does not work, on the right, click on the change setting line. Then change back to the check updates dialog and try again. Worked four out of four times for me. HTH, -T You have to admit, it's pretty sad that a company as large as Microsoft would have bugs like this present in non beta software in the first place. Known bugs at that, going back years, that have never been properly addressed. -- To prevent yourself from being a victim of cyber stalking, it's highly recommended you visit he https://tekrider.net/pages/david-brooks-stalker.php ================================================== = Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes. (Thoreau) |
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