Re: Enabling BITS

From: B_caldwell (B_caldwell_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 09/23/04


Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 23:41:03 -0700


"CaptnKirk" wrote:

> I followed your directions precisely and after the 2nd reboot I went to
> services.msc to check on AU and it still comes up as disabled. When you try
> to change it, you still get the message "Service is marked for deletion" and
> you cannot make any changes.
>
> Where do I go from here?
>
> "Torgeir Bakken (MVP)" wrote:
>
> > CaptnKirk wrote:
> >
> >
> > > "Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:
> > >
> > >> You receive a "The necessary services are disabled or unavailable" error
> > >> message when you connect to the Microsoft Windows Update Web site
> > >> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;883822&Product=wupd
> > >
> > > After following these instructions BITS comes up as manual and you can start
> > > and stop it, you can even switch to Automatic and start and stop it, however
> > > Automatic Updates has been disabled and if you go back and try to turn it
> > > back on it says "Service is marked for deletion". After rebooting and going
> > > to WU, you get error message 0x80070424.
> > >
> > > What is my next step?
> > Hi
> >
> > Try this:
> >
> > Start regedit.exe and delete the following key (contains the WU
> > service configuration):
> >
> > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\wuauserv
> >
> > Do a reboot now!
> >
> > Then run this command line (from a command prompt of from Start/Run, it
> > installs the AutoUpdate service (line will wrap in the newsreader!):
> >
> > %SystemRoot%\System32\rundll32.exe setupapi,InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall
> > 132 %SystemRoot%\inf\au.inf
> >
> > (it must be a space between DefaultInstall and 132)
> >
> > If it asks for your OS CD-ROM to get some files, just point it to the
> > folder %windir%\System32 (%windir% is typically C:\Windows).
> >
> > Then run the following commands:
> >
> > regsvr32.exe wuaueng.dll
> > regsvr32.exe wuapi.dll
> > regsvr32.exe wups.dll
> > regsvr32.exe wucltui.dll
> >
> > Do a reboot again.
> >
> > Then check if you can start and stop the Automatic Updates service
> > successfully from services.msc
> >
> >
> > --
> > torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
> > Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
> > the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
> > http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/default.mspx
> >

HI, I followed these instructions to the letter, and OMG it worked it
updated and now i can set up the auto updates just fine, THANKS alot , when
even they couldnt help you could!



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