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a Windows 7 PC? Recently, I was working with a client and they had an issue updating their Windows 7 PC. Basically, whenever they tried to run a check for updates, they would get the following
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error message: Windows Update cannot currently check for updates, because the service is not running. windows update cannot currently check for updates because you must first restart You may need to restart your computer. Of course, restarting did not help. When we checked if the Windows Update Service
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was running, we found that it was running. So now we were confused. In this situation, you can solve the problem by deleting all the currently downloaded updates and retrying. Sometimes an update gets corrupted and https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/918355 then Windows gets confused and thinks the service is no longer running. The first thing to do is to stop the Windows Update service on your Windows 7 machine. You can do this by going to Start and typing in services.msc in the search box. Next, press Enter and the Windows Services dialog will appear. Now scroll down until you see the Windows Update service, right-click on it and choose Stop. http://helpdeskgeek.com/windows-7/cannot-run-windows-update-on-a-windows-7-pc/ Now that the Windows Update service has been disabled, you need to go to the following folder and delete all the files and folders inside of it: C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\ Once you have deleted everything, go back to the Services dialog and right-click on the Windows Update service and choose Start. All the files and folders will be re-created and hopefully you can start downloading updates for your PC. If you’re still having problems, make sure to check out our previous posts on removing and reinstalling all Windows Updates, troubleshooting An Update Failed to Install error, and fixing Windows Update Error Code 8E5E03FA. June 4th, 2010 by Aseem Kishore File in: Windows 7 There are 161 comments, care to add yours? Tweet Like Google+ Comments [161] curtieuk says: 6 years ago Thanks this was really helpful. I had a completely new installation that wouldn't update at all. Clearly a Windows 7 bug as many people are struggling with this. Kurt starquest9 says: 6 years ago I am also having the same problem. I just recently upgraded my Lenovo SL510 Laptop to a Western Digital 750GB hard drive. I clean installed Windows 7 32 bit on it and found that I could not install any Windows updates. I have contacted both Lenovo and Microsoft the as
not running. You may need to restart your computer” probably occurs when Windows temporary update folder (SoftwareDistribution folder) is corrupted. To easily fix this error, follow the below steps in this http://www.wintips.org/windows-update-cannot-check-for-updates-windows-8-7-or-vista-solved/ tutorial. How to resolve Windows (8, 7 or Vista) update error: “Windows update cannot currently check for updates because the service is not running” when you check for updates. Solution 1: Solve Windows Update cannot check for updates” error using Microsoft Fix It utility 1. Download the Microsoft Fix It utility to your computer from: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2730071. 2. Run Microsoft Fix It tool and press “Accept”. 3. windows update Select “Detect problems and apply the fixes for me (Recommended)” option. 4. Let the troubleshooter to fix Windows Update problems and press “Next”. * * If the problem is fixed, close the troubleshooter and check for Windows updates again. Otherwise continue to Solution 2. Solution 2: Solve Windows Update cannot check for updates” error manually. Step 1: Stop Windows Update service. To do this: a. check for updates Simultaneously press Windows key + R to open run command box. b. Inside run command box, type: services.msc and press Enter. c. Search for Windows Update service, then right click on it and select Stop. d. Without closing the services window, proceed to the next step. Step 2: Delete or Rename Windows update temporary storage folder. To do this: a. Open “My Computer” and navigate to “C:Windows”folder. b. Delete (or Rename e.g. to “SoftwareDistributionOLD”) the “SoftwareDistribution” folder. Step 3: Start Windows Update service. a. Go to Windows services and “Start”the Windows Update service. b. Try to update Windows again. Solution 3: Install the KB3102810 Standalone Update. Download and install the KB3102810 security update. After installation restart your computer and check for updates. (Applied to: Windows 7 SP1 & Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1.) Restart your computer. Stop Windows Update Service. (See Solution 2: Step 1) Delete the Software Distribution Folder. (See Solution 2: Step 2) Restart your computer and then check for updates. Leave your computer about an hour to find Updates. Solution 4: Update the Intel Rapid Storage Technology Driver. Install the latest Intel Rapid Storage Technology Driver (Intel RST). * Source: http://support.hp.com/gb-en/document/c02219204 * You can d