MSUpdate says my services arent working (0x8DDD0018)

Been using MS Update for ages perfectly fine. However today it says it wont
run -

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

Its the usual ones - Auto updates/BITS and Event Log. However, they are all
active and running, just as they were a few days ago when I last checked.

Most bizarre!!!

Any suggestion?

You must make sure these Win XP services are enabled and running:

Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS)
Cryptographic Services
Remote Procedure Call (RPC)
System Restore Service

Go to Start menu >Run > MSCONFIG <enter>
Click on the "Services" Tab & review these services. They should have a green "tick/check" mark on left; and status "Running" on the far right.

If still failing, attach an extract from windowsupdate.log file (only the entries for the last session (date) at W U ).

--
Maurice N
MVP Windows - Shell / User
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daglesj wrote:
> Been using MS Update for ages perfectly fine. However today it says
> it wont run -
>
> "The site cannot continue because one or more of these Windows
> services is not running:"
>
> Its the usual ones - Auto updates/BITS and Event Log. However, they
> are all active and running, just as they were a few days ago when I
> last checked.
>
> Most bizarre!!!
>
> Any suggestion?

Nope, it didnt need all those services running (especially system restore
which I always disable). All I needed to do is switch Auto Updates to Auto
from Manual. Strange that up till now manual has been fine.

Thanks for the reply though, appreciate it.

"Maurice N ~ MVP" wrote:

> You must make sure these Win XP services are enabled and running:
>
> Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS)
> Cryptographic Services
> Remote Procedure Call (RPC)
> System Restore Service
>
> Go to Start menu >Run > MSCONFIG <enter>
> Click on the "Services" Tab & review these services. They should have a green "tick/check" mark on left; and status "Running" on the far right.
>
> If still failing, attach an extract from windowsupdate.log file (only the entries for the last session (date) at W U ).
>
> --
> Maurice N
> MVP Windows - Shell / User
> -----
>
> daglesj wrote:
> > Been using MS Update for ages perfectly fine. However today it says
> > it wont run -
> >
> > "The site cannot continue because one or more of these Windows
> > services is not running:"
> >
> > Its the usual ones - Auto updates/BITS and Event Log. However, they
> > are all active and running, just as they were a few days ago when I
> > last checked.
> >
> > Most bizarre!!!
> >
> > Any suggestion?
>

What will you do if someday a restore from System Restore is called for? or may be useful for recovery purposes?

--
Maurice N
MVP Windows - Shell / User
-----

daglesj wrote:
> Nope, it didnt need all those services running (especially system
> restore which I always disable). All I needed to do is switch Auto
> Updates to Auto from Manual. Strange that up till now manual has been
> fine.
>
> Thanks for the reply though, appreciate it.
>
> "Maurice N ~ MVP" wrote:
>
>> You must make sure these Win XP services are enabled and running:
>>
>> Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS)
>> Cryptographic Services
>> Remote Procedure Call (RPC)
>> System Restore Service
>>
>> Go to Start menu >Run > MSCONFIG <enter>
>> Click on the "Services" Tab & review these services. They should
>> have a green "tick/check" mark on left; and status "Running" on the
>> far right.
>>
>> If still failing, attach an extract from windowsupdate.log file
>> (only the entries for the last session (date) at W U ).
>>
>> --
>> Maurice N
>> MVP Windows - Shell / User
>> -----
>>

Easy...do a re-install. System restore is for folks who dont mind their hard
drives being taken up with several Gb of mostly useless backups.

Would rather spend the time doing a nice cut-down fresh nLite install than
rely on system restore. Just works better for me.

"Maurice N ~ MVP" wrote:

> What will you do if someday a restore from System Restore is called for? or may be useful for recovery purposes?
>
> --
> Maurice N
> MVP Windows - Shell / User
> -----
>
> daglesj wrote:
> > Nope, it didnt need all those services running (especially system
> > restore which I always disable). All I needed to do is switch Auto
> > Updates to Auto from Manual. Strange that up till now manual has been
> > fine.
> >
> > Thanks for the reply though, appreciate it.
> >
> > "Maurice N ~ MVP" wrote:
> >
> >> You must make sure these Win XP services are enabled and running:
> >>
> >> Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS)
> >> Cryptographic Services
> >> Remote Procedure Call (RPC)
> >> System Restore Service
> >>
> >> Go to Start menu >Run > MSCONFIG <enter>
> >> Click on the "Services" Tab & review these services. They should
> >> have a green "tick/check" mark on left; and status "Running" on the
> >> far right.
> >>
> >> If still failing, attach an extract from windowsupdate.log file
> >> (only the entries for the last session (date) at W U ).
> >>
> >> --
> >> Maurice N
> >> MVP Windows - Shell / User
> >> -----
> >>
>
>