Automatic updates enabled; cannot disable

I just placed three identical (and brand new) Win XP Pro computers at a
client site, and on one of them, Automatic Updates is enabled, but the option
to disable is not available; all options are grayed out within the Automatic
Updates Control Panel applet.

The Automatic Updates service is running, and I can even restart it, but to
no avail. I have also tried logging on as both domain & local administrator,
but it is the same both ways.

I ran all Windows updates before adding the computers to the domain, and
this seems to have happened somewhere during the process of adding them to
the domain, adding network printers, etc. Again, it happened to only one, so
there must be some permissions issue somewhere that was inadvertently
adjusted.

Ideas?

goto start>run>regedit
goto this location
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Win dows\WindowsUpdate\AU

In the right-pane, delete the two values AUOptions and NoAutoUpdate

all the best !!!!!!!!

"Brian" wrote:

> I just placed three identical (and brand new) Win XP Pro computers at a
> client site, and on one of them, Automatic Updates is enabled, but the option
> to disable is not available; all options are grayed out within the Automatic
> Updates Control Panel applet.
>
> The Automatic Updates service is running, and I can even restart it, but to
> no avail. I have also tried logging on as both domain & local administrator,
> but it is the same both ways.
>
> I ran all Windows updates before adding the computers to the domain, and
> this seems to have happened somewhere during the process of adding them to
> the domain, adding network printers, etc. Again, it happened to only one, so
> there must be some permissions issue somewhere that was inadvertently
> adjusted.
>
> Ideas?

Worked perfectly.

Thank you very much.

I support about 200 workstations spread amongst about 30 small-business
clients, and it seems like I am always seeing something like this that I have
never seen before. Any idea what might cause the change of settings?


"VVIJA" wrote:

> goto start>run>regedit
> goto this location
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Win dows\WindowsUpdate\AU
>
> In the right-pane, delete the two values AUOptions and NoAutoUpdate
>
> all the best !!!!!!!!
>
> "Brian" wrote:
>
> > I just placed three identical (and brand new) Win XP Pro computers at a
> > client site, and on one of them, Automatic Updates is enabled, but the option
> > to disable is not available; all options are grayed out within the Automatic
> > Updates Control Panel applet.
> >
> > The Automatic Updates service is running, and I can even restart it, but to
> > no avail. I have also tried logging on as both domain & local administrator,
> > but it is the same both ways.
> >
> > I ran all Windows updates before adding the computers to the domain, and
> > this seems to have happened somewhere during the process of adding them to
> > the domain, adding network printers, etc. Again, it happened to only one, so
> > there must be some permissions issue somewhere that was inadvertently
> > adjusted.
> >
> > Ideas?

this registry change can be caused by any security software, any spyware
malware or any registry repairing tool........

gud luck !!!!!!!!! need any other kind of help let me kno.......

"Brian" wrote:

> Worked perfectly.
>
> Thank you very much.
>
> I support about 200 workstations spread amongst about 30 small-business
> clients, and it seems like I am always seeing something like this that I have
> never seen before. Any idea what might cause the change of settings?
>
>
> "VVIJA" wrote:
>
> > goto start>run>regedit
> > goto this location
> > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Win dows\WindowsUpdate\AU
> >
> > In the right-pane, delete the two values AUOptions and NoAutoUpdate
> >
> > all the best !!!!!!!!
> >
> > "Brian" wrote:
> >
> > > I just placed three identical (and brand new) Win XP Pro computers at a
> > > client site, and on one of them, Automatic Updates is enabled, but the option
> > > to disable is not available; all options are grayed out within the Automatic
> > > Updates Control Panel applet.
> > >
> > > The Automatic Updates service is running, and I can even restart it, but to
> > > no avail. I have also tried logging on as both domain & local administrator,
> > > but it is the same both ways.
> > >
> > > I ran all Windows updates before adding the computers to the domain, and
> > > this seems to have happened somewhere during the process of adding them to
> > > the domain, adding network printers, etc. Again, it happened to only one, so
> > > there must be some permissions issue somewhere that was inadvertently
> > > adjusted.
> > >
> > > Ideas?