Windows Update does not check for updates

my windows update does not check for updates, and tells me it cannot check it trys but has not worked for almost a year now!

Hello

see if that helps to fix:

How to reset the Windows Update components?

There is also an automatic 'fix - it' here

http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/971058

Also, try to put the KB numbers in the search on the link below and then manually download the

http://www.Microsoft.com/downloads/en/default.aspx

or repost in the correct windows update forum

http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/windows_vista-windows_update?page=1&tab=all

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