Start > run > services.msc and verify the update service is off or manual as
opposed to automatic. (assuming Microsoft has not told you to verify this.)
"Karen Prentice" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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AE151FF-28F2-4E17-8997-(E-Mail Removed)...
> My computer likes to do a controlled shut down and reboot all by itself.
> I
> think I have found the problem but I cannot fix it. I have been on the
> phone
> with Microsoft for the past four days getting nowhere. They have had me
> reregister DLL files, clear my prefech temp files, install Update
> KB893803v2,
> and a lot of other things. Nothing has worked. Each time the computer
> shuts
> down I get the following information in my WindowsUpdate.log file:
>
> Misc =======Logging initialized (build: 7.0.6000.374, tz: -0400)=====
> Misc =Process:\??\C:WINDOWS\System32\winlogon.exe
> Misc =Module: C:\WINDOWS\System32\wuaueng.dll
> Shutdown FATAL:WUAutoUpdateAtShutdown failed, hr=8024A000
> AU #####AU:Uninitializing Automatic Updates #####
> Service ******
> Service ** END ** Service: Service exit [Exit code = 0x240001)
> Service ******
>
> I do not have automatic updates turned on but it seems to want to try to
> run
> and then the computer looses its mind.
>
> Any input on this situation. I have tried to get Microsoft to look at
> this
> log but they keep telling me it means nothing. I hope someone can think
> of
> an answer.
>
> Thank you all in advance. Look forward to some input.
> --
> Karen Prentice