Hi James,
Give this a try and see if it resolves the problem:
Go to Start>Run key in services.msc and click on OK or hit ENTER.
Right-click on Automatic Updates then select Properties. Click on the Log On
tab. In the Hardware Profile field (at the bottom), if the Service status is
Disabled for your Hardware Profile (probably is Original Configuration),
click to highlight the Hardware Profile in this field, then click on the
Enable button and then click on Apply. Now, click on the General tab and
click on Start under Service Status.
Regards,
--
Patti MacLeod
Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User
"James Belcher" <> wrote in message
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> ERROR 1058: The service cannot be started, either because it is disabled
or
> because it has no enabled devices associated with it.
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> That is the msg I got when restartin AU. BITS was already started, I still
> restarted it JIC but to no avail.
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