Comments on: Windows Update svchost problems and fix

By: Curzon

Curzon — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 18:05:19 +0000

Good tip! Didn’t had to stop the service, I just renamed the directory as SoftwareDistribution.bak to be safe, ran the WindowsUpdate web console, and it went well…
Thanks a lot for this “undocumented feature”

By: Jabu

Jabu — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 13:19:41 +0000

This worked for me as well, but I had to change the last â€œ/â€ to a â€œ\â€.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 29 May 2007 20:10:14 +0000

Thanks for the fix! I spent the weekend trying every recommendation under the son, and this is what did the trick.

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 16 May 2007 11:07:18 +0000

Hey this worked for me aswell, until i reboot, any idea how to fix it long term?

By: Stefania

Stefania — Sat, 12 May 2007 03:32:19 +0000

Smack!!!!

Stefania

By: Vijay Patodi

Vijay Patodi — Thu, 10 May 2007 05:25:56 +0000

Saved my day literally, spent 5 hours in troubleshooting!!!!!

By: Don

Don — Sat, 05 May 2007 23:21:59 +0000

Thanks for the svchost fix. I search all over the place and found nothing that made sense, or even look close to a fix. Until I stumbled accross your site. Carried out the procedure and it seems to have fixed the problem. Well done and thank you.

By: Mike From Colorado

Mike From Colorado — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 21:17:48 +0000

Thanks very much, this was it OK. The SoftwareDistribution folder must have been corrupted. After doing this, if you return to Microsoft Update, it sees you as not having the software and will reinstall it, creating a new SoftwareDistribution folder and populating it.

By: Catharina from Sweden

Catharina from Sweden — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 20:18:29 +0000

Thank’s a lot for putting out this information. It worked right away and you saved me from going crazy! Found more info googling “svchost.exe” but this was the one that worked for me! Thank’s again!!!!

By: nitsua

nitsua — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 18:02:31 +0000

worked for me as well! thnx al lot!

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 04:53:23 +0000

This worked for me as well, but I had to change the last “/” to a “\”.

By: Phil

Phil — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 07:38:43 +0000

Worked for me! Many thanks.
Phil.