Fix The Problems With Microsoft Automatic Updates

Microsoft Automatic Update is a built-in function, which updates all the necessary programs from Microsoft website. It updates the system with security patches and bug fixes, thereby enabling your computer to have better functioning and reliability. 

But though this process is mostly automatic, you may come across some issues with the update. Your queries or issues related to Microsoft products will be addressed by the Microsoft support team through live calls or Microsoft Live chat.

Having issues with updating Microsoft applications?

There are typically two kinds of updates, namely Windows Automatic Updates and Microsoft Automatic Updates. Windows Automatic Updates applies only to the operating system while the latter updates all Microsoft applications such as Word, Excel and Vizio as well as the OS. If the Microsoft Automatic update is not yet set up, you can enable it by going to “update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate”. Click "Start Now", proceed by clicking "Continue" and then "Install".

Are you getting the Access Denied message?

Only a member of the “Administrators” group on the local computer or a domain administrator has the privilege to apply any kind of updates. This is due to security reasons and to avoid unwanted or unauthorized system file modifications. Anyone other than those will get the Access Denied message when they try to perform the updates. If you are already such a member, you can add other non-administrator accounts to the administrator group in order to delegate such powers.

Required Service Application Disabled

There are several services (processes) which run in the background without needing to be initiated manually. If any of the service required for Microsoft Automatic Update is not running, you will get an error message saying "required service application disabled". You can set the services to run automatically by following the below motioned steps. Remember that you must have an administrator account to be able to perform this action.

• Click Start, then click on Run.
• Type "services.msc" and then click the OK button.
• A list of services will be displayed. From that list, select the particular service and right-click the service name. Click Properties and select Automatic. Ensure that now the service status is shown as “Service Started”.

Issues with applying the updates

You may face issues while applying the updates after successfully downloading them. It could be because of corrupted Windows registry files. You can fix this by downloading third-party Windows Registry Clean software. Once the registry errors are fixed, reboot the computer and try the task again.

You can avail assistance from the live technicians through Microsoft Customer Support telephone line or through Microsoft Live chat, if required.