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« on: November 07, 2009, 01:53:30 PM »
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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« Reply #1 on: November 07, 2009, 01:57:31 PM »
Make sure DCOM Process Launcher Service is also set to automatic and reboot.
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« Reply #2 on: November 07, 2009, 02:53:11 PM »
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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« Reply #3 on: November 07, 2009, 03:03:53 PM »
See if this helps: http://www.computing.net/answers/windows-xp/windows-update-will-not-start/171577.html
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« Reply #4 on: November 09, 2009, 05:15:56 PM »
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
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