0x8DDD0018 error (when trying to manual update)

Getting this message when trying to do a manual update?
[Error number: 0x8DDD0018]
Windows Update cannot continue because a required service application is
disabled. Windows Update requires the following services:
Automatic Updates enables detection, downloading, and installation of
critical updates for your computer.
Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) enables faster, restartable
downloading of updates.
Event Log logs Windows Update events for troubleshooting. To ensure that
these services are enabled:

1. Click Start, and then click Run.
2. Type services.msc and then click OK.
3. In the list of services, right-click the service name, and then click
Properties.
4. In the Startup type list, select Automatic.
5. Verify that the service status is started.

Done all the things listed above ?

Well here's a work around.... go to the control panel, open the
"automatic update" and click on that. Choose the auto update, apply and let
it do the updates for you. (for some reason this works and will download the
updates and you can then install them)
Some say the manual works after this, it was not the case for me (manual
is still broken) So I created a shortcut on my desktop to that folder and
will do my updates as needed that way....or until MS finds out what is going
on ;-D
Hope this helps......

Nothing worked until a tech said to try this.....

Please try this:

1. Click Start.

2. Choose Run.

3. In the Run box, type (or copy/paste from this post)

regsvr32.exe wuaueng.dll

(note the space there in the middle)

4. Click OK.

Do the same for this two DLLs as well:

qmgr.dll
qmgrprxy.dll


After the regsvr32 command, start regedit.exe (from Start/Run)
and locate the key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\wuauserv

If you find a DeleteFlag value there, delete the DeleteFlag value.

I didn't have the HKEY_LOCAL in the regerstry, but anyhow just be running
these and didn't do anything to them...manual is now working...go figure ;-D



"Hawk" wrote:

> Getting this message when trying to do a manual update?
> [Error number: 0x8DDD0018]
> Windows Update cannot continue because a required service application is
> disabled. Windows Update requires the following services:
> Automatic Updates enables detection, downloading, and installation of
> critical updates for your computer.
> Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) enables faster, restartable
> downloading of updates.
> Event Log logs Windows Update events for troubleshooting. To ensure that
> these services are enabled:
>
> 1. Click Start, and then click Run.
> 2. Type services.msc and then click OK.
> 3. In the list of services, right-click the service name, and then click
> Properties.
> 4. In the Startup type list, select Automatic.
> 5. Verify that the service status is started.
>
> Done all the things listed above ?
>
> Well here's a work around.... go to the control panel, open the
> "automatic update" and click on that. Choose the auto update, apply and let
> it do the updates for you. (for some reason this works and will download the
> updates and you can then install them)
> Some say the manual works after this, it was not the case for me (manual
> is still broken) So I created a shortcut on my desktop to that folder and
> will do my updates as needed that way....or until MS finds out what is going
> on ;-D
> Hope this helps......