Automatic Update on Windows XP Home

The automatic update option is grayed out and cannot be set. What could
cause this? User has admin rights.

Hi JoeW,

See if the information in Taurarian's post helps you resolve the problem:
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/...ee4e689ee12df3



Regards,

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Patti MacLeod
Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User

"JoeW" <> wrote in message
news:7AF2F9E1-DEAD-4C6E-963C-...
> The automatic update option is grayed out and cannot be set. What could
> cause this? User has admin rights.

Check to see if the Automatic Updates service is still running:
Click Start · Control Panel, then select Performance and Maintenance and
click System. Select the Automatic Updates tab and make sure that Automatic
is selected and then click OK.


Now check to see if Automatic Updates is service is running:
Click Start · Run and type "services.msc" without the quotes and press
enter. The Services window should pop-up. Under the name column find
Automatic Updates. If it does not appear there skip over the remainder of
this paragraph, if it is double-click on it; the properties dialog should
open up. Make sure it says "Automatic" in the Startup type box and the
Service status says "Started".

Register the DLL files:
Click Start · Run and type "cmd" without the quotes and press enter. Type in
the following and press return after each line:
REGSVR32 %windir%\system32\wuapi.dll
REGSVR32 %windir%\system32\wuaueng.dll
REGSVR32 %windir%\system32\atl.dll
REGSVR32 %windir%\system32\wucltui.dll
REGSVR32 %windir%\system32\wups.dll
Enter "exit" and press enter.



Check and see if Automatic Update is working, if Automatic Update continues
not to work please attach your WindowsUpdate.log file. To gather your
WindowsUpdate.log file select Start · Run, and then type "%windir%" and
press enter. The WindowsUpdate.log file will be located in this folder.


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Ben B. [US]

"JoeW" <> wrote in message
news:7AF2F9E1-DEAD-4C6E-963C-...
> The automatic update option is grayed out and cannot be set. What could
> cause this? User has admin rights.