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Has Windows Update Changed ?

  • 01-11-2005 1:13pm
    #1
    jonski
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,399 ✭✭✭


    I update my Xp once a month manually , last night I went to the windowsupdate site and got this msg
    The site cannot continue because one or more of these Windows services is not running:

    Automatic Updates (allows the site to find, download and install high-priority updates for your computer)
    Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) (helps updates download more quickly and without problems if the download process is interrupted)
    Event Log (keeps a record of updating activities to help with troubleshooting, if needed)

    Now , does this ,mean that I have to have auotmatic updates on to update ? and am I right in saying that this was not the case before ?


Comments

  • #2
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 92,385 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Check that the service is running - some tweakers turn it off.
    also check that a third party firewall isn't blocking it.


  • #3
    Cabaal
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 28,508 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cabaal


    This wouldn't be caused by a change on windowsupdate.com, more so a change to your system,
    Turning on the service in services should fix it per what Capt'n Midnight said :)


  • #4
    Cake Fiend
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,335 ✭✭✭Cake Fiend


    They did that quite a while back - restoring the mentioned services to 'Automatic' should sort it out - you don't actually have to use Automatic Updates though, just have the service turned on. And IIRC, it doesn't work if you just manually start the services (nice one, Bill :rolleyes:)


  • #5
    jonski
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,399 ✭✭✭jonski


    Turned the services back on and it works fine . I don't remember turning anything like that off but I may have done inadvertently while trying to make BF2 run a bit better . And yes , I was worried that I would have to leave automaticupdate turned on but as mentioned above this is not the case .

    Thanks for the help people

    John


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