How to change the status in Automatic Updates

This just happened to me! I found this fixya and it didn't help me. So I checked the status of the printer and it was trying to print some 3,000 envelopes, OOPS!!! Needless to say I cancelled the job but it still had to go through all of the pages before cancelling and finally stopped blinking!

Check the TIME and DATE settings, Set Correctly, then you will be able to Update...

OK, sounds like the problem is that the computer cannot get a valid IP address. In fact it sounds like you might have a IP address conflict on your network. Each IP address on a network segment must be unique.

Check if you are using DHCP.

• Go to
• Control Panel
• Network connections
• Locate the network connection you are using e.g. 'Local area connection' or perhaps 'Wireless connection'
• Right click on the relevant network connection
• Select 'Properties'
• Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
• Select Properties

Is your machine set to "Obtain an IP address automatically" (DHCP) or "Use the following IP address".
If its "Use the following IP address" then make sure no other machines are also using this IP address. You can try setting to 'automatic' but if you do, make sure that you note all details first, so you can revert back to the settings you currently have if you need to.
if its "Obtain an IP address automatically" then make sure no other machines have been manually set.

With regards to the microsoft update, then your best bet is to only select a small number of updates at a time, until you determine which update(s) is causing the failure. Once you know which update is the problem then you can troubleshoot the specific update.

Hope this helps

Please take the time to rate this answer. Many Thanks Don.

To turn on Automatic Updates yourself, follow these steps:

1. Click Start, click Run, type sysdm.cpl, and then press ENTER.
2. Click the Automatic Updates tab, and then click to select one of the following options. We recommend that you select the Automatic (recommended) Automatically download recommended updates for my computer and install them option.
   • Automatic (recommended) Automatically download recommended updates for my computer and install them
     
     If you select this option, Windows recognizes when you are online and uses your Internet connection to find updates on the Windows Update Web site or on the Microsoft Update Web site that apply to your computer. Updates are downloaded automatically in the background, and you are not notified or interrupted during this process. An icon appears in the notification area of your taskbar when the updates are being downloaded. You can point to the icon to view the download status. When the download is complete, you receive another message in the notification area so that you can review the updates that are scheduled for installation.
     • Click to select the day and time for scheduled updates to download and install. You can schedule Automatic Updates for any time of day. However, your computer must be on at the scheduled time for updates to be installed.
     • You can choose to install the updates as soon as they are finished downloading. To do this, click the download message (or update icon), and then click Install. If you choose not to install the updates when they finish downloading, Windows starts the installation on your set schedule.
   • Download updates for me, but let me choose when to install them
     
     If you select this option, Windows recognizes when you are online and uses your Internet connection to automatically download updates from the Windows Update Web site or from the Microsoft Update Web site. An icon appears in the notification area of your taskbar when the updates are being downloaded. You can point to the icon to view the download status. When the download is complete, you receive another message in the notification area so that you can review the updates that are scheduled for installation.
     • When you want to install the downloaded update, click the message (or update icon), and then click Install to install the update.
     • If you do not want to install a downloaded update, click Details, and then click to clear the check box next to that update to decline it.
   • Notify me but don't automatically download or install them
     
     If you select this option, Windows recognizes when you are online and uses your Internet connection to search for downloads from the Windows Update Web site or from the Microsoft Update Web site. An Automatic Updates icon and message appear in the notification area of your taskbar when new updates are available to download or to install.
     • Click the icon or message to view the updates. If you do not want to download a selected update, click to clear the check box next to that update to decline it. Click Start Download to download the selected updates. The Automatic Updates icon remains in the notification area of your taskbar while the updates are being downloaded. You can point to the icon to view the download status.
     • When the download is complete, you receive another message in the notification area stating that the updates are ready to install. Click the Automatic Updates icon or the message, and then click Install to install the updates.
3. Click OK.

For more information about how to schedule Automatic Updates, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 327838 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/327838/ ) How to schedule automatic updates in Windows XP, Windows 2000, or Windows Server 2003

. To try changing the settings yourself, go to System in Control Panel. On the Automatic Updates tab, select Automatic (recommended), and then click OK. and for more info contact http://tinyurl.com/m7ghqz

I guess you have turned off the security center in the system.
Not to worry. You can get it back by performing these simple steps:
Click Start.
In that, select Run.
Type Services.
Click on Ok.
Now you get a services dialog box.
Scroll down to the Security Center option
Check the status. It must have been turned off.
Double click on Security center. A dialog box will open up.
You will have 4 tabs namely General, Logon, Recovery, Dependencies.
Choose General
Choose Startup Type, and change it to Automatic.
Change the Service Status to Start.
Apply .
OK.
Now go back to control panel. You will see the Security Center Option.

Good luck !!!

Make sure you have a valid copy of Windows, and a solid internet connection. If it still doesn't work, right click on 'My Computer' icon from the start menu, then click 'Manage'. In the window that pops up, click 'services and applications' then 'services'. Look through the list and make sure that the status 'Automatic updates' is set to active. If it isn't, double click it to open the settings, and use the pulldown menu to set it to 'automatic', then click 'start', apply and exit.

How to Repair this SVCHOST.EXE error
After some investigating into the 0X745f2780 SVCHOST error, it became apparent the problem is a corrupted Windows Update in Windows XP. Follow the steps below to fix this error.

Verify Windows Update Service Settings

• Click on Start, Run and type the following command in the open box and click OK
  
  services.msc
  
  
• Find the Automatic Updates service and double-click on it.
• Click on the Log On Tab and make sure the "Local System Account" is selected as the logon account and the box for "allow service to interact with desktop" is UNCHECKED.
• Under the Hardware Profile section in the Log On Tab, make sure the service is enabled.
• On the General Tab, the Startup Type should be Automatic, if not, drop the box down and select Automatic.
• Under "Service Status" on the General tab, the service should be Started, click the Start button enable it.
• Repeat the steps above for the service "Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS)"

Re-Register Windows Update DLLs

• Click on Start, Run, and type CMD and click ok
• In the black command window type the following command and press Enter
  
  REGSVR32 WUAPI.DLL
  
  
• Wait until you receive the "DllRegisterServer in WUAPI.DLL succeeded" message and click OK
• Repeat the last two steps above for each of the following commands:
  
  REGSVR32 WUAUENG.DLL
  REGSVR32 WUAUENG1.DLL
  REGSVR32 ATL.DLL
  REGSVR32 WUCLTUI.DLL
  REGSVR32 WUPS.DLL
  REGSVR32 WUPS2.DLL
  REGSVR32 WUWEB.DLL

This error is generally caused due to conflict between windows updates and svchost.exe. For resolving this problem you have to download a hotfix from microsoft.com. There are some workaround as well to resolve this issue:

Method 1 loadTOCNode(2, 'workaround'); Leave the svchost.exe - Application Error dialog box open, and then follow these steps. Step1: Check whether settings for the Automatic Updates service and for the Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) are correct loadTOCNode(3, 'workaround'); To do this, follow these steps:

1. Click Start, point to Run, type services.msc, and then click OK.
2. In the details pane, locate and double-click Automatic Updates.
3. Click the Log On tab.
4. Make sure that the Local System account option is selected and that the Allow service to interact with desktop check box is cleared.
5. Make sure that this service has been enabled in the Hardware Profile list. If this service has not been enabled, click Enable to enable the service.
6. Click the General tab, and make sure that the Automatic option is selected in the Startup Type list. Under Service status, click Start to start the service if it is not already running.
7. Repeat steps 2 through 6 for Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS).

Step 2: Reregister Windows Update components loadTOCNode(3, 'workaround'); To do this, follow these steps:

1. Click Start, click Run, type REGSVR32 WUAPI.DLL, and then press ENTER.
2. When you receive the "DllRegisterServer in WUAPI.DLL succeeded" message, click OK.
3. Type the following commands in the Open box, one after the other, and then press ENTER after each command:
   REGSVR32 WUAUENG.DLL
   REGSVR32 WUAUENG1.DLL
   REGSVR32 ATL.DLL
   REGSVR32 WUCLTUI.DLL
   REGSVR32 WUPS.DLL
   REGSVR32 WUPS2.DLL
   REGSVR32 WUWEB.DLL

Step 3: Rename the Windows Update temporary folder loadTOCNode(3, 'workaround'); The temporary folder of Windows Update may be corrupted. In this case, you can rename the temporary folder of Windows Update. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Click Start, click Run, type cmd, and then press ENTER.
2. At the command prompt, type net stop Wuauserv, and then press ENTER.
3. Click Start, click Run, type %windir%, and then press ENTER.
4. In the folder that opens, locate and rename the SoftwareDistribution folder to SDold.
5. At the command prompt, type net start Wuauserv, and then press ENTER to start the Automatic Updates service.

Back to the top Method 2 loadTOCNode(2, 'workaround'); Follow these steps:

1. Click Start, right-click My Computer, and then click Properties.
2. In the System Properties dialog box, click the Automatic Updates tab.
3. Click Turn off Automatic Updates, and then click OK.
4. Restart the computer.
5. Use the Windows Update Web site to install updates manually.
6. After you install the updates manually, turn on Automatic Updates.

Link for downloading Hotfix :

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927891/

Download the one which is for your Operating system.

Security alerts on Windows Vista Monitors the following :

• Anti -virus status
• Anti - Malware Status
• Windows Firewall
  
• Automatic Updates
  
• User Account Control
  
• Automatic updates
  

Make sure that all of those are up to date and enabled, if one of those on the list is not enabled or up to date, Windows Will give you a warning that there is a security problem on the computer. Go to control panel and go to the security center settings to check :

**Note : If you see a fake alert like the image below, it is an infection and you need to remove it :




Use this tool to remove the infection. Click the link and download malwarebytes anti malware. Install and do a complete scan on the system.

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