When Windows Update is not working, Windows became an operating system unwieldy, unable to block the latest threats in terms of security. You can be saved by a program called Dial-a-fix.

Dial-a-fix is a program that consists a collection of known fixes extracted from Microsoft Knowledgebase articles, Microsoft mVps.
Dial-a-Fix is designed to fix the problems in five major areas of impact: Prep, MSI (Windows Installer) WU/WAU (Windus Update/Automatic Update, SSL/HTTPS/Cryptography and component registration).
Dial-a-fix works by to stop and restart some services, registering some components, and performing other maintenance tasks - all from a single interface.
Dial-a-fix has two great advantages over fixed links manually in Windows:

1. Performs many repairs with one selection
2. Fix not just obvious problems, and other other features of Windows that works with the feature you are trying to fix.

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