service issues

Hi Anyone else having this issue? Christmas Eve I tried to print my gift tags, (I made a sheet of 12 different tags) but it printed about 1/3 of the page and then quit. I finally found that the Print Spooler Service was not running and started it. I did this a number of times but it always...

Hi there! My name is Kim and I've run into a technical issue I just can't seem to troubleshoot for the life of me. When I try to run my Windows Update, it gives me the error that 'Windows Update cannot currently check for updates, because the service is not running'. Its been like this for...

Hello to all friends, especially teachers : D Every time I would restart the computer .... It starts to download my internet is unlimited. I wanted to know whether it will happen to everyone or just happen to me. If you can give an explanation about this service. I am using Kaspersky Poor 3 and...

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I open up Windows Update, click to update and a box comes up with the msg: Windows Update cannot currently check for update because the service is not running. You may need to restart your computer

Guys - I am not a technical user so this description will lack some detail, I ran into a problem and thought I would post here for suggestions. My machine recently started locking up when browsing. (Toshiba laptop running windows 7 that I have owned for about a year since new) I ran all...

I am completely lost here. When I try to do a windows update, I get this message- windows cannot currently check for updates because the service is not running. You may need to restart your computer. When I use the windows update troubleshooter, it detects problems, but will not fix them. I...

I use windows 8. Recently I have bought an external hard disk[toshiba] with USB 3.0 support. I have one port in my laptop with USB 3.0. My every hardware drivers are up to date[Including my BIOS]. The problem is when i connect hdd to 3.0 port, what i get is 2.0. [There's a light that show up...

Hi, I've a Dell Inspiron Laptop with Windows 7, it usually completes booting (after loading all the start up softs) in 35-40 seconds, but few weeks back I gave my laptop for service (keyboard replacement due to a jammed key) and when I got it back it, It takes around 80-100 seconds to complete...

Ok so, i know the trick behind being able to enable services under safe mode which is to add a registry key under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SafeBoot\Network, e.g if you wanted to enable driver.sys you'd make a key with name driver.sys and then you'd set the default...

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Hello people, I have had a problem for months now, that sometimes data wouldn't copy or be deleted if they had anything to do with installing before. For example, if a program autoupdates itself and downloads his new .exe, then it might be unable to delete the old one, and the update failed...

A few weeks ago I decided to do a clean install of a new (to me, anyway) version of Adobe Photoshop (I actually had two prior versions of Photoshop on my hard drive, so starting with the oldest one, I used "Revo Uninstaller" to remove them) I've used "Revo" for years because after it uses a...

Hello, i have spent much time trying to solve this issue, but met with no success. If i try to play some games an error message comes up saying "you need to install one of the net framework v4" i try to install them and i get the error message OS Version = 6.1.7600, SP = 0.0, Platform 2 OS...

Hello, I recently got some help with a BSOD problem on my machine. It appears to be solved, however Windows Update does not work. I get the message "Windows Update cannot currently check for updates because the service is not running. You may need to restart your computer." Needless to say...

Hi all, Since a few months I've been experiencing several connection drops during the day. According to the log files it's a DNS issue, addressed as Event ID 1014. Things I've tried (without effect): - Disconnecting my router - Disabling DHCP on the router - Setting up a static IP...

32 bit apps don't run, 64 bit apps do Was:(Some applications do not start.) Hi, hope someone can help me with this. Having a problem that is almost worse than a program crashing. (At least I would get an error so I can see what is the cause of the problem.) Anyhow this is the sequence of...

Describes how to troubleshoot the "The Security Center service can't be started" error in Windows 7 and in Windows Vista. More...

Discusses an issue in which you receive an "Error 1058: The service cannot be started, either because it is disabled or because it has no enabled devices associated with it." error message and a service does not start. Provides a resolution. More...

I had noticed that I had not seen the familiar process of installing updates to Windows 7 for quite a while, so I went to Windows Update and clicked on Check for Updates. After a couple of seconds, a pop-up appeared saying "Windows Update cannot currently check for updates because the service...