"The Windows Update cannot currently Check For Updates, because the Service is not running. You may have to restart your computer.

Unlike before, I can't launch the Windows automatic update service now, I suspect that my computer is infected virus, I just install demo version free of McAfee internet security and run a full scan, no infection has been detected.

Description:

When I click on Windows update for all programs at startup, pop out window update, and then I click on "check update", out another part: list "" Windows Update cannot currently Check For Updates, because the Service is not running. "You may need to restart your calculater ', then I restart the computer a few times, the same problem still persists. before I was using microsoft essential secruty with no problems, but now I can't seem to complete the definition of update, so I think this problem could be related to Windows Update and decide to uninstall MSE and replace it with McAfee, but it does not work.

any help and suggestions would be very appreciated.

Hello

Steps 2 to 6 to identify the program that is causing the problem if the clean boot solves the problem.

Try the procedure described in the following article to improve your computer's performance.

Optimize Windows 7 for better performance.

http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/optimize-Windows-7-for-better-performance

Ways to improve your computer's performance.

http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/ways-to-improve-your-computers-performance

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