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Toshiba Satellite L675D-S7052 Laptop Windows 7 Update Will Not Start
First time poster and member. I was searching for Windows 7 Update Won't Start or Windows 7 Update won't run.
I had just restored the above laptop via the Restore discs that you can burn from the laptop. Upon completion of the installation I attempted to run Windows Update and received the following message. Windows Update cannot currently check for updates, because the service is not running. You may need to restart your computer.
Now, the case was that I was restoring the system because I had replaced a defective hard drive with a brand new one, and therefore it's a safe bet that there was no virus, malware, or such. I searched for two days and found lots of ideas of how to fix it, but became very frustrated at some of the complex fixes, although they may very well fix a particular issue.
Anyway, I skipped all that and went to Microsoft's website and downloaded the Windows 7 SP1 ISO and mounted it to a virtual drive. It installed fine and now windows update works correctly.
I figured I would go ahead and post my problem and solution because I'm sure there's plenty of others that have had or will have this problem. This does not give an answer as to why it happened, but it certainly gives a solution.
Below is the screen that appeared in the beginning.