Legacy Update Help
Fix “One or more Windows Update services are disabled”
To access Windows Update, the following services must be enabled and running:
- Automatic Updates: Provides the Windows Update service.
- Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS): Used in the process of downloading updates.
- Event Log: Keeps a record of updating activities to help with troubleshooting.
To make sure these services are running:
- Click Start, and then click Run.
- Type services.msc and then click OK.
- In the list of services, double-click “Automatic Updates” (Windows 2000/XP) or “Windows Update” (Windows Vista and later).
- Confirm that the startup type is “Automatic”. If not, select “Automatic” and click OK.
- Repeat steps 3 - 4 for Background Intelligent Transfer Service and Event Log.
If you are running a modified version of Windows, these services may have been removed entirely. Legacy Update is not supported on these versions of Windows.