Hi Russell,
To make sure the cryptographic service is running follow these steps:
Click Start / Control Panel / Administrative Tools / Services
Scroll down to "Cryptographic Services", double click it and
change Startup type to: Automatic and click the "Start" button.
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| WHEN I TRY TO USE WINDOWS UPATE I RECEIVE THE MESSAGE-
| "setup could not verify the integrity of the file
| UPDATE.INF, make sure the cryptographic service is
| running on this computer. i dont know what to do at this
| point
