HP notebooks with Western Digital high density hard drives are giving a Windows Update Service Not Running, please restart your computer.

We have found that it is resolved by downloading and installing the following update from HP.
ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp47501-48000/sp47845.exe

This update is for the SATA controller.

The error could also appear when trying to run Windows Mail and/or when trying to use a large memory key. It is explained in detail at this site.

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c02219204&;cc=nl&lc=en&dlc=en&product=4213233