Winows Update in Vista Locks Up

I have an E6700 CPU chip with 4 Gig RAM, PCIE ATI 1900's and Microsoft Vista
Ultimate for an OS. When I click on "Control Panel / Windows Update" or
place the following command in the Run Window, "control.exe /name
Microsoft.Windows Update", I get a blank explorer window opened with
"Control Panel \ Windows Update" in the address bar and nothing else. I let
it sit for quite a while hoping it was just busy or something. No good.
When I want to close the window I have to do it using Task Manager / End
Task. Has anybody else experienced this behavior and what did you do about
it?

It is a fairly recent phenomenon, however, I am unable to track it to a
single event or installation.

Thank You in advance for your reply to this inquiry.

Robert A. Frey
San Diego, Ca.

Might be the service is not running. ( I would have expected an error
message saying that, still it's worth checking ).

Type services.msc in the start search box, when it pops up click it and
ok the uac prompt. Scroll down the services window to Windows Update.
Right click it , select Properties and set the Startup Type to Automatic
(Delayed start) click Apply then OK.

Right click it again and select start.

You also need to scroll to Remote Procedure Call and use a similar
procedure make sure it is set to Automatic and started.

Hope this helps

SIW2


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"Rob" <> wrote in message news:%...
>I have an E6700 CPU chip with 4 Gig RAM, PCIE ATI 1900's and Microsoft Vista
> Ultimate for an OS. When I click on "Control Panel / Windows Update" or
> place the following command in the Run Window, "control.exe /name
> Microsoft.Windows Update", I get a blank explorer window opened with
> "Control Panel \ Windows Update" in the address bar and nothing else. I let
> it sit for quite a while hoping it was just busy or something. No good.
> When I want to close the window I have to do it using Task Manager / End
> Task. Has anybody else experienced this behavior and what did you do about
> it?
>
> It is a fairly recent phenomenon, however, I am unable to track it to a
> single event or installation.
>
> Thank You in advance for your reply to this inquiry.
>
> Robert A. Frey
> San Diego, Ca.
>
>

Thank you for your reply, I checked both. They are on automatic and are
listed as started.
RPC has a second entry with "Locator" at the end. It is in manual and I
started it, no help.

Thanks again

Rob

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San Diego, Ca.

"SIW2" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> Might be the service is not running. ( I would have expected an error
> message saying that, still it's worth checking ).
>
> Type services.msc in the start search box, when it pops up click it and
> ok the uac prompt. Scroll down the services window to Windows Update.
> Right click it , select Properties and set the Startup Type to Automatic
> (Delayed start) click Apply then OK.
>
> Right click it again and select start.
>
> You also need to scroll to Remote Procedure Call and use a similar
> procedure make sure it is set to Automatic and started.
>
> Hope this helps
>
> SIW2
>
>
> --
> SIW2

No. A decision I made when I built this computer and I think I have a
better system for it. I use ZoneAlarm for Firewall and Virus.

I will try turning ZA off for a minute and check. Good idea.

Thanks,

Rob

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San Diego, Ca.

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>I have an E6700 CPU chip with 4 Gig RAM, PCIE ATI 1900's and Microsoft
>Vista
> Ultimate for an OS. When I click on "Control Panel / Windows Update" or
> place the following command in the Run Window, "control.exe /name
> Microsoft.Windows Update", I get a blank explorer window opened with
> "Control Panel \ Windows Update" in the address bar and nothing else. I
> let
> it sit for quite a while hoping it was just busy or something. No good.
> When I want to close the window I have to do it using Task Manager / End
> Task. Has anybody else experienced this behavior and what did you do
> about
> it?
>
> It is a fairly recent phenomenon, however, I am unable to track it to a
> single event or installation.
>
> Thank You in advance for your reply to this inquiry.
>
> Robert A. Frey
> San Diego, Ca.
>
>

I tried turning off the Zonealarm startup shortcut and rebooting then trying
Windows Update again, No luck.

It was a good idea.

Rob

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"Rob" <> wrote in message
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> No. A decision I made when I built this computer and I think I have a
> better system for it. I use ZoneAlarm for Firewall and Virus.
>
> I will try turning ZA off for a minute and check. Good idea.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Rob
>
> --
> Robert A. Frey
> San Diego, Ca.
>
> "Peter Foldes" <> wrote in message
> news:%23dTP$...
> Is Norton installed???
>
> --
> Peter
>
> Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
> Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.
>
> "Rob" <> wrote in message
> news:%...
>>I have an E6700 CPU chip with 4 Gig RAM, PCIE ATI 1900's and Microsoft
>>Vista
>> Ultimate for an OS. When I click on "Control Panel / Windows Update" or
>> place the following command in the Run Window, "control.exe /name
>> Microsoft.Windows Update", I get a blank explorer window opened with
>> "Control Panel \ Windows Update" in the address bar and nothing else. I
>> let
>> it sit for quite a while hoping it was just busy or something. No good.
>> When I want to close the window I have to do it using Task Manager / End
>> Task. Has anybody else experienced this behavior and what did you do
>> about
>> it?
>>
>> It is a fairly recent phenomenon, however, I am unable to track it to a
>> single event or installation.
>>
>> Thank You in advance for your reply to this inquiry.
>>
>> Robert A. Frey
>> San Diego, Ca.
>>
>>
>

I had the same problem and could not find an answer. I recentl
installed AVG 8.0 and decided to uninstall it and install Avast.
Problem solved

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