Solved Windows Update Won't Start or Run

[ihavenokia]

I have some good news on the Windows Update issue. I got some advice from a Windows Tech online. It was a simple fix and did the job. I think we can guarantee that it was running a big Norton update first that caused the problem. Here is what I did. Quite simple but it worked.

I went to Administrative Tools/Services, and stopped the Update service. I then went to the folder c:/Windows/SoftwareDistribution and deleted all of the files and folders. I then went back to Services and restarted the Windows Update service which recreated all of those folders again. I then went and manually ran the Update Service and everything worked. Both computers are fine.

What a relief!

Thank you, it solved my problem too.

 

[Nyms]

Thanks swassociates!

Your solution worked perfectly. Thank you so much. Just goes to show you should always ask the experts first!
Thanks again.

 

[kmetek]

any other idea why windows update won't start?

 

[retirednongeek]

I know this is an older post, but I am having the same problem as the original poster, and unfortunately, his solution did not fix my problem.

My internal hard drive recently crashed, which I replaced and then re-installed Windows 7 from my recovery disks from 2010.

Now Windows Update won't start. I get same message that original poster got.

When I had to re-format my old hard drive about a year ago, Windows Update found several hundred updates and installed them, so I'm sure I need several hundred again.

Hope someone out there can help ...

 

[Ridwan Anwar]

Thanks

it solved my problem too