Hi,

I have just dug my old portable (runs Windows Vista and cannot be upgraded
to Windows 7) to use when needed but have found it will no longer run
Windows Updates and that my Antivirus wouldn't check for updates as well. I
have checked that there is a working internet connection (by loading various
web pages in Internet Explorer) and that Update Automatically is turned on
in the Control Panel.

The returned error message when trying to get an upload for Windows is:
"Windows Update cannot currently check for updates, because the service is
not running"

Any ideas

Thanks

Graham