Automatic Update Service Missing

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System is running XP Home that had never had any updates installed.
After removing several trojans I managed to get to the update site and
download and install 37 critical updates. Rebooted and then tried to
get auto updates working. I noticed when checking services that
Automatic Update was set to Disabled and not running. When I went to
properties to Start the service I got a popup that said, 'Service is
scheduled for deletion'. Sure enough, on the next reboot it was gone
from the services list. Can the Automatic Updates service be
reinstalled without a reinstall of the entire OS? If so, how.
thanks,
dick
 
dick said:
System is running XP Home that had never had any updates installed.
After removing several trojans I managed to get to the update site and
download and install 37 critical updates. Rebooted and then tried to
get auto updates working. I noticed when checking services that
Automatic Update was set to Disabled and not running. When I went to
properties to Start the service I got a popup that said, 'Service is
scheduled for deletion'. Sure enough, on the next reboot it was gone
from the services list. Can the Automatic Updates service be
reinstalled without a reinstall of the entire OS? If so, how.
thanks,
dick
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Hi

This command line should install the AutoUpdate service for Win2k and
WinXP (line will wrap in the newsreader!):

%SystemRoot%\System32\rundll32.exe setupapi,InstallHinfSection AutoUpdate
132 %SystemRoot%\inf\au.inf


If it asks for your OS CD-ROM to get some files, just point it to the
folder %windir%\servicepackfiles\i386
 
Thanks Torgeir, I will try this first thing Monday when I get back to
the job site. One question. The way the line wrapped, is this part
of the command correct? The (132) part.

,InstallHinfSection AutoUpdate 132 %SystemRoot%\inf\au.inf
dick
 
dick said:
Thanks Torgeir, I will try this first thing Monday when I get back to
the job site. One question. The way the line wrapped, is this part
of the command correct? The (132) part.

,InstallHinfSection AutoUpdate 132 %SystemRoot%\inf\au.inf
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Yes :-)
 
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