Is this a sudden, new problem or an ongoing one?

What anti-virus application or security suite is installed? What
anti-spyware applications (other than Defender)? What third-party firewall
(if any)?

One or more options/settings in an ever-growing number of third-party
applications may be disallowing the change(s) from "sticking". These include
but are not limited to Ad-aware's Ad-Watch, Spybot Tea Timer,
SpywareBlaster, SpySweeper, Spyware Doctor, CounterSpy, AVG Anti-Spyware,
Norton AntiVirus, McAfee VirusScan and/or Antispyware, NOD32, and Zone Alarm
(Free, Pro, & Security Suite).

Or the machine might have a hijackware infection.
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
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chief fluffydog wrote:
> When tng to update windows XP
> Iget the following message:
> The sit cannot continue bese one or more of these windows services is not
> running.
> Automatic Updates
> Background Intelligent transfer
> Event Log
>
> I checked to see that the srvices are running. i found that all are
> running
> except Automatic Updates. This Auto update service is showing the status
> as
> stopping.
> Staus stop and start are grayed out. startup type can be changed b it
> always
> goes back to disabled.
>
> Any ideas would be helpful.