I cant get Windows update to start when I log in.

[DaMan]

I go to Windows update in control panel and tell it to check for updates and I get: "windows update cannot currently check for updates because the service is not running. You may need to restart." I've restarted multiple times and still no luck. I checked

for solutions on microsoft forums, one sollution I found was to update defender first, I do this and it tells me defender isnt installed. I cant install it because the installer says it comes with Vista ( updated from vista to 7 ).

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[Think]

You have a problem with the service. Go into services control and make sure update service is set to auto.