RE: Error 0x8DDD0018

"Burrhead" wrote:

> I know this is going to sound weird but the solution seems to be to go into
> your Services and switch the Automatic Updates service to "Automatic" versus
> "Disabled" or "Manual". I was receiving the exact same error message and as
> soon as I did this it worked fine. (I read it as a suggestion from another
> post) I do not understand why this works, but it definitely seems to be the
> solution in my case.
>
> Regards.
>
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> "Mary" wrote:
>
> > I am trying to install automatic updates. I have accessed services.com and
> > run adtomatic updates and BITS. Instructions related to Event Log indicated
> > it is started. No associated start button. Yet each time I attempt to install
> > updates I am given an error message, i.e., 08DDD0018. Can't find info on this
> > error. Was instructed to write to you.

QED: Why was it Disabled to set to Manual in the first place? If you
reboot, what's this service's status?

yes thanks this worked! wrote:
> "Burrhead" wrote:
>
>> I know this is going to sound weird but the solution seems to be to go
>> into
>> your Services and switch the Automatic Updates service to "Automatic"
>> versus "Disabled" or "Manual". I was receiving the exact same error
>> message and as soon as I did this it worked fine. (I read it as a
>> suggestion from another post) I do not understand why this works, but it
>> definitely seems to be the solution in my case.
>>
>> Regards.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Mary" wrote:
>>
>>> I am trying to install automatic updates. I have accessed services.com
>>> and
>>> run adtomatic updates and BITS. Instructions related to Event Log
>>> indicated it is started. No associated start button. Yet each time I
>>> attempt to install updates I am given an error message, i.e., 08DDD0018.
>>> Can't find info on this error. Was instructed to write to you.