How to stop the Annoying Windows Automatic Updates Restart Dialog box

I have a fix for it - it's somewhat lengthy, but it works. Follow the directions below to a T and you'll be all set.

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
  

Remove Corrupted Windows Update Files

• At the command prompt, type the following command and press Enter
  
  net stop WuAuServ
  
• Still at the command prompt,
  
  type cd %windir% and press Enter
  
• In the opened folder, type the following command and press Enter to rename the SoftwareDistribution Folder
  
  ren SoftwareDistribution SD_OLD
  
• Restart the Windows Update Service by typing the following at the command prompt
  
  net start WuAuServ
  
  
• type Exit and Press Enter to close the command prompt

Reboot Windows

• click on Start, Shut Down, and Restart to reboot Windows XP

Although this method may not solve all of the issues with a SVCHOST.EXE Application error, I have found it fixed the problem with the 0x745f2780 reference error.

Hope this helps! Good luck!

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

To resolve this problem, use one of the following methods. Method 1: Register the Wups2.dll file in Windows loadTOCNode(2, 'resolution'); To register the Wups2.dll file in Windows, follow these steps:

1. Stop the Automatic Updates service. To do this, follow these steps:
   1. Click Start, click Run, type cmd, and then click OK.
   2. At the command prompt, type the following command, and then press ENTER: net stop wuauserv
2. Register the Wups2.dll file. To do this, follow these steps:
   1. At the command prompt, type the following command, and then press ENTER: regsvr32 %windir%\system32\wups2.dllNote For a computer that is running Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, type the following command, and then press ENTER: regsvr32 %windir%\syswow64\wups2.dll
   2. Click OK on each verification message that you receive.
3. Start the Automatic Updates service. To do this, type the following command at the command prompt, and then press ENTER: net start wuauserv
4. Exit the command prompt. To do this type exit, and then press ENTER.

Method 2: Download and install the Windows Update Agent loadTOCNode(2, 'resolution'); For more information about how to download the latest version of Windows Update Agent, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 949104 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949104/ ) How to obtain the latest version of the Windows Update Agent to help manage updates on a computer . Please donot forget to top rate these steps.

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.