updates

I cant seem to get the updates to run, I went to service.misc and put the updates for automatic I will click to apply and close , when I go back to service.misc I see that it is disabled . Could I have gotten a virus? I am using XP pro intel dual cor 2.0  this is blocking the microsoft update web site also

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Make sure DCOM Process Launcher Service is also set to automatic and reboot.

Yes that is on auto,  the application is failing to launch when trying to connect to site I went  back to service.msc to check the auto updates and it always resets to disable

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See if this helps: http://www.computing.net/answers/windows-xp/windows-update-will-not-start/171577.html

Ok I had to format the computer it was some sort of virus but I did not have time to locate it so I just formatted the computer I needed to do this anyway its been a while for a good cleaning  I am wondering if I got rid of this I do have an external hard drive do you think it gets in this drive  I use this to back up what I needed before I formatted