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From: BobCrabtree on 1 Nov 2009 04:06 paulatkinson;4358632 Wrote: > Check the ImagePath Value in the Registry key > HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\wuauserv and verify it is > "%systemroot%\system32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs" and not a fake path like > %fystemroot%\.. netsvcs Paul, That posting was REALLY useful to me - many thanks! Dealing here with a PC that had been thoroughly mauled about by Sasser Worm and a bunch of others and thought I'd finally sorted everything until I went to do the Windows updates! But you pinpointed the problem perfectly: %fystemroot%\system32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs instead of %systemroot%\system32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs And, of course, I needed to give myself permission to change things! Again, many thanks. Cheers Bob Crabtree -- BobCrabtree ------------------------------------------------------------------------ BobCrabtree's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/96954.htm View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/windows-update/1149963.htm http://forums.techarena.in |