Win7 Pro 64-Bit: Update Wervice not running...recent issue

There is now a thread on the Win7 Forum on Bleeping Computer on this issue.

Hi ALL,

dont appear to have this problem here last updated yesterday, MSRT.

However saying that i have my setting set to LET ME CHOOSE.

I NEVER install optionals - Previews, drivers or improvements to.
Uninstall these if you did.

Roy

Sniggler said:

There is now a thread on the Win7 Forum on Bleeping Computer on this issue.

There is also a thread on the Ask Woo dy Leonhard blog (he writes for dummies books and computerworld and infoworld). It seems a lot of people are having this same issue, I think it's MS.

I think something is amiss with the Windows Update Client. I would hold off doing anything until more information surfaces as this seems widespread.

Add me also to the list. Tried a system restore. Did not solve the problem.

Me Too. found this fix below from Dell but have not tried it. Waiting to see if MS fixes it.

Running check for updates will trigger this error message:
“Windows Update cannot currently check for updates, because the service is not running. You may need to restart your computer.”



Solution:
1. Go to Administrative Tools/Services, and stop the Windows Update service.
2. Then go to the folder c: /Windows/SoftwareDistribution and delete all of the files and folders.
3. Then go back to Services and restart the Windows Update service which will recreate all of those folders again.
4. Then manually run the Update Service and everything should work.

This is exactly what I did on my two machines because there was no discussion on this issue. 20 20 hindsight, I would hold off for a while since it seems to be a pervasive problem and MS may issue some kind of fix If you do it, be mindful it will wipe your history, but you can still see the updates in Installed Updates.

gary777 said:

Me Too. found this fix below from Dell but have not tried it. Waiting to see if MS fixes it.

Running check for updates will trigger this error message:
“Windows Update cannot currently check for updates, because the service is not running. You may need to restart your computer.”



Solution:
1. Go to Administrative Tools/Services, and stop the Windows Update service.
2. Then go to the folder c: /Windows/SoftwareDistribution and delete all of the files and folders.
3. Then go back to Services and restart the Windows Update service which will recreate all of those folders again.
4. Then manually run the Update Service and everything should work.

I did this but it cause me other problem:
Unable activate Microsoft update - error 0x80248015 - Windows 7 Help Forums

TheOwner said:

I did this but it cause me other problem:
Unable activate Microsoft update - error 0x80248015 - Windows 7 Help Forums

similar issue in Windows XP... Microsoft Update worked fine yesterday, but not today... I changed my PC date back to yesterday and voila it works again... I take it to mean that some certificate had expired within the last day...

sup3rsprt said:

similar issue in Windows XP... Microsoft Update worked fine yesterday, but not today... I changed my PC date back to yesterday and voila it works again... I take it to mean that some certificate had expired within the last day...

That seems to be the issue indeed, because I just changed the date back to Dec 2, and even managed to reactivate Microsoft Update without any issues. The only negative thing is that if I set the date back to today Dec 4, I won't be able to search for updates since Windows Update the error 0x80248015, the same error that prevented me to re-enable Microsoft Update.

Microsoft needs to check its certificates and fix them.