Re: could not start the automatic updates service on local compute

Thank you Ramesh BUT:

No such registry entry exists on my computer and I have not installed netop.
Someone else (in another forum) mentioned a possible date string being in the
wrong format for a certain sound driver (in the registry).

I used the "FIND" command to search the entire registry sequentially from
January to December and changed every instance from the format (ie.) "January
1, 1979" to the format 01/01/1979.

I only found three or four entries in the long format, and changing them did
not help.

Thanks,
JG

"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:

> From http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/troubleshoot/
> See section "Error 80070057 during Scan"
>
> <quote>
>
> Problem Description:
>
> Customer will see error 0x800A138F when scanning for updates, but the
> Windows Update.log file will show error 0x80070057.
>
> This appears to be an issue with the program Netop which enters a driver
> entry into the enum\root\unknown key in the registry.
>
> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Class\{63C35530-D3DF-11D3-8F5D-0060B0A3612B}\0000]
> "ProviderName"="Danware Data A/S"
> "DriverDesc"="NetOp Driver 3 ver. 7.00 (2002014)"
> "DriverDate"="Jan 14 2002"
> "DriverVer"="7.00 (2002014)"
> "MatchingDeviceId"="danware_netop_driver3"
>
> Both the DriverDate and DriverVer are not formatted properly
> ......
> ....
>
> </quote>
>
>
>
>
> --
> Ramesh, Windows XP MVP
> http://windowsxp.mvps.org
>
>
> "Jeffrey G" <Jeffrey G@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:26D1FADC-0A49-40E5-8780-DECC94EEA320@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > When I try to download automatic updates on the Microsoft Windows website
> > (by
> > clicking "Windows Update" on the start menu) I receive the following error
> > page:
> >
> >
> >
> > [Error number: 0x8024001E]
> > The site cannot continue because one or more of these Windows services is
> > not running:
> >
> > Automatic Updates (allows the site to find, download and install
> > high-priority updates for your computer)
> > Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) (helps updates download
> > more
> > quickly and without problems if the download process is interrupted)
> > Event Log (keeps a record of updating activities to help with
> > troubleshooting, if needed)
> > To make sure these services are running:
> > 1. Click Start, and then click Run.
> > 2. Type services.msc and then click OK.
> > 3. In the list of services, double-click on Automatic Updates and then
> > click
> > Properties.
> > 4. In the Startup type list, select Automatic and click Apply.
> > 5. Verify that the Service status is started, if the Service Status is
> > Stopped click on the Start Button.
> > 6. In the list of services, double-click on Background Intelligent
> > Transfer
> > Service (BITS) and then click Properties.
> > 7. In the Startup type list, select Manual and click Apply.
> > 8. Verify that the Service status is started, If the Service Status is
> > Stopped click on the Start Button.
> > 9. In the list of services, double-click on Event Log and then click
> > Properties.
> > 10. In the Startup type list, select Automatic and click Apply.
> > 11. Verify that the Service status is started, If the Service Status is
> > Stopped click on the Start Button.
> >
> >
> > I followed the instructions and find that both Background Intelligent
> > Transfer Service and Event Log are both alreADY running and set to
> > "automatic". But, "Automatic Updates" is stopped, and when I try to start
> > it,
> > I get the following error:
> >
> > could not start the automatic updates service on local computer error
> > 0x80070057 the parameter is incorrect
> >
> > There is a space for "start parameters", but I have no idea what to enter
> > into this input field.
> >
> > I am using Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition version 2002.
> >
> > The path (which I cannot seem to change) is the following:
> > D:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs --- (I thought that maybe the
> > "K"
> > switch was causing the incorrect parameter problem, but I cannot change it
> > by
> > typing into the field - it will not let me access it)
> >
> > Please help.
> >
> > Thank You.
> > JG
>
>
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