windows update disabled

[scotland@discussions.microsoft.com Andy scotland]

i also have the same problem. cant turn on windows update. system restore is
not working properly either.

this seems to effect software connecte to svc host is this right ?

how can i fix this problem?

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

The same problem as...?

[TaurArian]

Guessing -

System may be infected with malware "Vundo"
http://www.microsoft.com/security/portal/Entry.aspx?name=Win32%2fVundo

Service does not start and displays "Error 1058"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/241584

You cannot manually start the Automatic Updates service and you receive an
"Error 1058"
error message on a computer that is running Windows XP or Windows XP Tablet
PC Edition
2005
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/896224

"Could not start the Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Service. Error 1058" error
message when
you manually start the Remote Procedure Call service
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/838428

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