Xp automatic update service disabled

I will try the Hijack. JohnnyBoy75 Guest. I also get fling. I going to wipe the OS and re-do the entire laptop. Balkor Guest. Join Date Oct Posts 1. Re: Win XP home SP2 - automatic update service stays disabled no matterwhat I do - You will need to reformat your hard drive to fix this problem. But that is the only way I know to fix Windows Update once you have been hit by this problem. Replies: 17 Last Post: , PM. I was working on someone's computer last week, and suspected that some of the software on it may have been pirated.

One area that I have a question about relates to Windows Update. I had heard that there were piracy checks in one or both of the Service Packs. I tried the windows update site, and it would not work. Come to find out, the reason was because the automatic updates service was disabled. My question is as follows Is disabling the automatic updates service a tactic used to make pirated copies of Windows work -- like in order to be able to install SP1?

Can you think of any other reason why the automatic updates would have been purposefully disabled? Do any of the Windows Updates, that you get, disable the automatic updates service? Does SP1 make changes to the automatic updates service? I did a validation check on the software at one point, and it reported that the cd-key was invalid. Answer to part one of your question: no it does not diable the service. Answer to part two of your question: there are a lot of reasons for Automatic Updates to fail.

No, the Automatic Update service by default is enabled. Other dependent services like BITS are set to manual. Except when an update is installed that requires a reboot and you're working on the computer at the time. Then you get this lovely dialog: As if I needed another reason to hate dialog boxes.

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