Re: Automatic Updates service marked for deletion.

From: Jeffory Richardson (JefforyRichardson_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 10/19/04


Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 11:35:02 -0700

Unfortuneately no. This seemed to occur right after I installed XP SP2. I
installed the SP in safe mode to make sure nothing was running.

Thanks for the information though.
Jeff R.

"GasMan" wrote:

> Could the following scenario have happened?
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;287516
>
>
> On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 09:47:03 -0700, Jeffory Richardson
> <JefforyRichardson@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >I have a perplexing issue.
> >
> >One of our faculty members has a laptop with XP Home on it. She brought it
> >in because it was acting funny. I discovered that it was infested with the
> >Spybot virus. I was able to remove the virus successfully. After upgrading
> >the AV client on her system and making sure it was clean, I installed SP2
> >onto the system.
> >
> >The installation went fine, and there were no errors. However, I am unable
> >to get the Automatic Updates to work. The Security Center reports that the
> >Auto Update function is disabled, but if I go to the Updates control panel,
> >it shows that it is turned on, and set to check everyday. If I look in the
> >Services MMC, it shows that the Automatic Updates service is running, but
> >that it's startup is set to "Disabled". If I try to change this to
> >"Automatic" as it should be, I get a message that "The service is marked for
> >deletion."
> >
> >How can I fix this? It is the only problem the system has at this point.
> >
> >Thanks for any help.
>
> Please remove obvious from email address if emailing.
>



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