Cannot access or download updates with the automatic windows update...

I get this message when I try to download or access automatic updates: "Windows Update cannot currently check for updates because the service is not running." You may have to restart your computer. "Nothing else is affected - I still have access to the internet and all of my programs, but knowing how important updates are that I really need to solve this problem. I tried many things, including restarting the service; a multitude of antivirus/malware programs - about you name nothing works... I use Vista Edition home premium 64 on a hp Pavilion dv4 PC laptop with a 500 GB hard drive. I have OTL.txt; extra newspapers ' s.txt and checkup.txt if it's of any help... I would really appreciate some help thank you.

Hello

 
  • Did you of recent changes to the computer?
  • This all the troubleshooting steps you have tried so far?
  • What is the accurate or complete error message or the error code when the problem occurs?
If you did not do the methods mentioned below you can do the same thing to see if that fixes the problem:
 
Method 1:
I suggest you open the Troubleshoot utility following the steps in the below link:
 
Method 2:
I suggest you to check if the automatic update feature is enabled or disabled. If it is set to Off you can activate it by setting to on. See the below link to do the same thing:
 
Method 3:
You can access the below mentioned link and use the tool mentioned in the article to automatically reset the Windows Update components:
http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/971058
 
I hope this helps!

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