{"id":76737,"date":"2024-10-13T15:39:04","date_gmt":"2024-10-13T10:09:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.58.113.91\/blog\/?p=76737"},"modified":"2024-10-13T15:39:17","modified_gmt":"2024-10-13T10:09:17","slug":"windows-update-service-keeps-disabled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/windows-update-service-keeps-disabled\/","title":{"rendered":"Fix: Windows Update service keeps getting disabled"},"content":{"rendered":"

When you enable and start the Windows Update and BITS services, they may get disabled automatically after a few seconds.<\/p>\n

A background service may be disabling Windows Update and related services, such as BITS, Delivery Optimization, WaasMedicSvc, etc.<\/p>\n

Resolution<\/h2>\n

To verify if a third-party service is turning off the Windows Update and BITS services, disable all non-Microsoft services<\/strong> using the System Configuration tool and restart Windows.<\/p>\n

Turn off third-party services<\/h3>\n
    \n
  1. Launch msconfig.exe<\/strong>, and select the \u201cServices\u201d tab.<\/li>\n
  2. Enable \u201cHide all Microsoft services\u201d. The list will now show only the third-party services. This is an important<\/strong> step.
    \n\"disable
    \n<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Click Disable all<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Reboot the computer.<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Launch the Services MMC, and re-enable Windows Update (set it to \u201cManual\u201d)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    After a restart, see if the Windows Update startup type is intact (\u201cManual\u201d). If so, the next part is to re-enable a set of services at a time and reboot to find the offending service.<\/p>\n

    So, which service is the culprit?<\/h4>\n

    Bisect the list and re-enable the first half. Reboot. If the Windows Update service is disabled, set it to Manual<\/strong>. Then, narrow down the service that has caused the problem from the first half of the services. Repeat these steps until you\u2019ve isolated the issue to a single service.<\/p>\n

    For example, you may have a program like \u201cStopUpdates10<\/strong>\u201d or \u201cNoVirusThanks Win Update Stop<\/strong>\u201d installed. These programs disable the Windows Update services at specific intervals. In this case, the name of the service is \u201cStopUpdates10 Guard<\/strong>\u201c.<\/p>\n

    \"stopupdates10<\/p>\n

    Uninstalling the program should let you install updates via Windows Update.<\/p>\n

    Similar to \u201cStopUpdates10\u201d, the \u201cNoVirusThanks Win Update Stop\u201d program runs as a service. The details are below:<\/p>\n

    Service Name: WinUpdStopSvc<\/strong>
    \nService Caption: NoVirusThanks WinUpdStopSvc
    \nService Image File: c:\\program files\\novirusthanks\\win update stop\\winupdstopsvc.exe<\/div>\n

    Uninstalling these programs should do the trick!<\/p>\n

    Also, don’t rule out malware. Check out this article for more information <\/em>Windows Update services are deleted at every restart<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    When you enable and start the Windows Update and BITS services, they may get disabled automatically after a few seconds. A background service may be disabling Windows Update and related services, such as BITS, Delivery Optimization, WaasMedicSvc, etc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8,869],"tags":[490,688],"class_list":["post-76737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-windows-10","category-windows-11","tag-services","tag-windows-update"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":74867,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/windows-update-service-error-1058\/","url_meta":{"origin":76737,"position":0},"title":"[Fix] Windows Update (Wuauserv) Service Error 1058","author":"Ramesh","date":"April 18, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"When you attempt to start the Windows Update service via Services MMC or command-line, the following error may occur: Windows could not start the Windows Update service on Local Computer. 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