mitchell65 said:

I am getting the message ""Windows Update cannot currently check for updates because the service is not running. You may need to restart your computer.""
Should I just wait for MS to sort this out?

I read that's one of the errors that's been cropping up lately. Have to wait for MS to push out a fix for it. Will have to download and install it from MS update catalog if that's the case.

I haven't had any issues on any of my systems though, so not sure why it's affecting some and not others.

According to MS, they've now fixed the issue...

Did Microsoft Just Break Windows 7 Update System?

Hi

My guess is its the recently released November Preview kb4051034
They were playing arround with the Certificates.

As i DIDNT install it, guess what i can update

Roy

torchwood said:

Hi

My guess is its the recently released November Preview
They were playing arround with the Certificates.

As i DIDNT install it, guess what i can update

Roy

Think you could be right there Roy.

I never install the previews either, so haven't had any update issues.

As its NOT an MS fix in that article, just a suggested known workaround.
MS will have to issue a standalone KB to fix it, because as stated in the article the .xml is digitally signed


Roy

torchwood said:

As its NOT an MS fix in that article, just a suggested known workaround.
MS will have to issue a standalone KB to fix it, because as stated in the article the .xml is digitally signed


Roy

Wasn't referring to the fix in the article, just the fact that at the bottom of the article MS has stated they've fixed it.

Some more info from MS instead of just "we've resolved it" would be helpful though!

Rollback the date prior to Sunday and manually run the update then change it back to the present date. That should update the expiration date in the authcab file.