Thanks ramesh, i finaly tracked the problem to the followin in the
registry:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Micr osoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU
3. Add any one of the following settings: • Value name: NoAutoUpdate
Value data: 0 or 1 • 0: Automatic Updates is enabled (default).
• 1: Automatic Updates is disabled.
Thanks again
"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:
> Automatic Updates options are grayed out?:
> http://windowsxp.mvps.org/aupolicy.htm
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> "Baptist" <> wrote in message
> news:EC339FEA-9175-4E31-A7AC-...
> > HI,
> > In automatic updates all four options are greyed out, i enabled it to run
> > automatic in component services, general, services, but with no luck, any
> > ideas?, thanks in advance.
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