Hi, I'm trying to get windows updates, but for some reason I can't. I think it's because of a virus I got recently. I already did a full system scan with bitdefender and got rid of it. I even used to spybot and malwarebytes to get rid of any spyware I had in my computer. I went to Microsoft Help & Support to see if there are any articles on the error and they were a couple. I followed all the steps, but still I can't get any updates. I tried to turn on the Automatic Updates service, but I can't. When I try to turn it on it gives me "Error 2: The system cannot find the specified file." One of the articles told me to rename SoftwareDistribution and in the DataStore folder to delete all the contents in it.
My topic was closed so I made a new one following the steps from the old one.
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
; Registry Search 2.0 by Bobbi Flekman © 2005
; Version: 2.0.6.0
; Results at 8/6/2009 1:27:42 PM for strings:
; 'fystemroot'
; Strings excluded from search:
; (None)
; Search in:
; Registry Keys Registry Values Registry Data
; HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE HKEY_USERS
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\wuauserv]
; Contents of value:
; %fystemroot%\system32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs
"ImagePath"=hex(2):25,00,66,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,72,00,6f,00,6f,00,\
74,00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,73,\
00,76,00,63,00,68,00,6f,00,73,00,74,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,20,00,2d,00,\
6b,00,20,00,6e,00,65,00,74,00,73,00,76,00,63,00,73,00,00,00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet003\Services\wuauserv]
; Contents of value:
; %fystemroot%\system32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs
"ImagePath"=hex(2):25,00,66,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,72,00,6f,00,6f,00,\
74,00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,73,\
00,76,00,63,00,68,00,6f,00,73,00,74,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,20,00,2d,00,\
6b,00,20,00,6e,00,65,00,74,00,73,00,76,00,63,00,73,00,00,00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\wuauserv]
; Contents of value:
; %fystemroot%\system32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs
"ImagePath"=hex(2):25,00,66,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,72,00,6f,00,6f,00,\
74,00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,73,\
00,76,00,63,00,68,00,6f,00,73,00,74,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,20,00,2d,00,\
6b,00,20,00,6e,00,65,00,74,00,73,00,76,00,63,00,73,00,00,00
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My topic was closed so I made a new one following the steps from the old one.
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
; Registry Search 2.0 by Bobbi Flekman © 2005
; Version: 2.0.6.0
; Results at 8/6/2009 1:27:42 PM for strings:
; 'fystemroot'
; Strings excluded from search:
; (None)
; Search in:
; Registry Keys Registry Values Registry Data
; HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE HKEY_USERS
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\wuauserv]
; Contents of value:
; %fystemroot%\system32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs
"ImagePath"=hex(2):25,00,66,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,72,00,6f,00,6f,00,\
74,00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,73,\
00,76,00,63,00,68,00,6f,00,73,00,74,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,20,00,2d,00,\
6b,00,20,00,6e,00,65,00,74,00,73,00,76,00,63,00,73,00,00,00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet003\Services\wuauserv]
; Contents of value:
; %fystemroot%\system32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs
"ImagePath"=hex(2):25,00,66,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,72,00,6f,00,6f,00,\
74,00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,73,\
00,76,00,63,00,68,00,6f,00,73,00,74,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,20,00,2d,00,\
6b,00,20,00,6e,00,65,00,74,00,73,00,76,00,63,00,73,00,00,00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\wuauserv]
; Contents of value:
; %fystemroot%\system32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs
"ImagePath"=hex(2):25,00,66,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,72,00,6f,00,6f,00,\
74,00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,73,\
00,76,00,63,00,68,00,6f,00,73,00,74,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,20,00,2d,00,\
6b,00,20,00,6e,00,65,00,74,00,73,00,76,00,63,00,73,00,00,00
; End Of The Log...