Common one appears to be the Vundo infection.

Considerations -

System may be infected with malware "Vundo"
http://www.microsoft.com/security/po...=Win32%2fVundo

Service does not start and displays "Error 1058"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/241584

You cannot manually start the Automatic Updates service and you receive an
"Error 1058" error message on a computer that is running Windows XP or
Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/896224

"Could not start the Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Service. Error 1058" error
message when you manually start the Remote Procedure Call service
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/838428


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TaurArian [MVP] 2005-2009
Update Services
http://taurarian.mvps.org


"Sychman" wrote:

> Hello Folks.
>
> I am running XP Home and for some reason automatic updates has turned
> its-self off.
>
> I have attempted to turn it on again following the various prompts but alas,
> so far, no joy.
>
> A little help would be greatly appreciated!
>
> Kind regards......Sychman.
>
>
>