Administrators AWS Posted February 27, 2013 Administrators Posted February 27, 2013 I have been trying for several days now to get Windows Update to work, but I keep receiving the same message, that "Windows cannot currently check for updates because the service is not running. You may need to restart the computer." I have Windows 7 - Win7 64-bit, and Internet Explorer 64-bit. My security program is Avast! free antivirus program 7.0.1474 I have repeatedly restarted my computer. I have made every effort to be sure that my Wondows Update > Change Settings is correctly set: Install updates automatically (recommended) Install new updates: Every day, at 4:00 AM Give me recommended updates the same way I receive important updates Allow all users to install updates on this computer When the system does attempt an update, I leave the system up and running so it can do its thing. When I come back 12 hours later, it is still attempting to run the defrag. So I can't request updates, and the system appears to be unable to defrag. How do I get the "service" to start running again? I have followed the instructions that were posted by Microsoft Support's Halima S., and both methods failed. What, exactly, do I have to do now? Because this has gotten very old, very fast. View this thread
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