Monday, August 27, 2012

Re-create BITS and Windows Update Services for Windows 7

So, you had a bit of nasty malware.  You're almost back to square one, but have now found yourself in the unfortunate position of having missing services--specifically the Background Intelligent Transfer Service and Windows Update services.

Never fear.  These, too, can be recreated in the event that your System Restore points are borked.  Copy/paste the commands into an elevated command prompt.

REM Recreate Windows Update / BITS Services for Windows 7
sc create BITS DisplayName= "Background Intelligent Transfer Service" binpath= "c:\windows\system32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs" Start= delayed-auto depend= EventSystem/RpcSs
sc create wuauserv DisplayName= "Windows Update" binpath= "c:\windows\system32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs" Start= delayed-auto depend= RpcSs
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9 comments:

  1. UnknownSeptember 9, 2012 at 11:39 AM

    Hello there, thanks for the advice, i'm struggling exactly with this problem at the moment.

    However, when I try to run these commands I get this error in both cases:

    [SC] CreateService FAILED 5:

    Access is denied.


    If you have any thoughts on this, It'll be greatly appreciated, thanks.

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  2. UnknownSeptember 9, 2012 at 11:48 AM

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  3. aaronSeptember 9, 2012 at 2:32 PM

    To run an elevated command prompt:

    1. Click Start, type CMD
    2. In the start menu, you'll see cmd.exe appear under "Programs." Right click it and then "Run As Administrator."

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  4. UnknownSeptember 10, 2012 at 4:17 AM

    Thanks aaron,

    after a couple of hours I finally got most of it working again!

    Cheers

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  5. AnonymousApril 4, 2013 at 7:56 PM

    Hi

    I too have had the same error message as above:

    [SC] CreateService FAILED 5:

    Access is denied.

    Running cmd.exe as an administrator does not solve the problem. I get the same message.

    I have ensured the administrator's security permissions grant "full control" to the cmd.exe (via properties)

    Can you advise my next step?

    Many thanks in advance

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  6. dmnMay 20, 2013 at 12:15 PM

    I LOVE YOU FOR THIS. No idea how i got infected, thou.

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  7. yannickJune 11, 2013 at 7:36 AM

    Hi,

    If you would like to correctly (re)create "Windows Update Service", you could try to execute these command lines as an administrator user :

    sc create wuauserv DisplayName= "Windows Update" binpath= "c:\windows\system32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs" Start= delayed-auto depend= RpcSs
    regsvr32 wuapi.dll
    regsvr32 wuaueng.dll
    regsvr32 wups.dll
    regsvr32 wups2.dll
    regsvr32 wuwebv.dll
    regsvr32 wucltux.dll


    Thanks you for your help, and these instructions works for me !

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  8. UnknownJune 29, 2016 at 6:12 AM

    Perfect!
    Worked for me :)
    You rock mate, thanks a lot.

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  9. UnknownAugust 18, 2016 at 1:06 AM

    i have tried a lot of ways, but no luck. This is the first issue which makes me to find the solution for more than 24 hours. Please help me..

    ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++=
    C:\Windows\system32>sc create wuauserv DisplayName= "Windows Update" binpath= "c
    :\windows\system32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs" Start= delayed-auto depend= RpcSs
    [SC] CreateService FAILED 5:

    Access is denied.
    ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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