cryptographic

[gizmo-36]

I have windows XP ,If I try to down load the security update .It will not let me ,it says cryptographic is not running. If i go in to system configuration utility .It says it is running and I can not get the updates.I am lost..Help.

[M11]

Start > run > "sfc /scannow"

When this happens, its usually due to a broken file or an incorrect file version somewhere.