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Checking for updates of my windows 7 system no longer responds
Hi,
Windows 7 systems was automatically notifying me when there are new available updates. However, this is no longer working.
Thus, when I found out that Windows no longer automatically notify with new available updates, I became manually checking for updates by following the following steps:
First: I open the control panel. Then, I click on the 'System and Security" option. After that, I click the 'Window updates' option. Next, in the window of the windows update, I click the 'check for update' button. Finally, this message "Windows cannot search for updates now, because the service is not running. You may need to restart your computer" shows me.
I have tried restarting my computer; however, this did make no difference.
On top of that, I would firstly like to say that I have been installing Norton Internet Security since I purchased my computer. So the problem is less likely to be related with viruses. I also regularly clean the temporary files with CCleaner tool.
In addition, I have recently installed 'Spybot - Search & Destroy' and have let it detect for issues and fixed them. Do you think it might be causing the problem? For me, however, I am really not sure. Because I don't remember that I have checked for the updates of my Windows system and they worked before I installed 'Spybot - Search & Destroy'. So, I wouldn't judge that Spybot - Search & Destroy might be causing the problem.
Next, If I am behind a proxy that requires me to enter user authentication (username and password), can I configure any thing in window's Control Panel, although I made sure that the correct proxy settings are configured in the MS Internet Explorer settings?
The systems was working quite well during the guarantee period after the guarantee finish the problems will be beginning. This is what is going on with me now. The system was automatically notifying me and downloading updates.
Fianlly, I have downloaded FIXIT from microsoft
from here
However, I never run it because I am really afraid of running it.
I would quite greatly appreciate it if you could help me.