Bypass Group Policy settings for Windows Update on Vista?

Eeeek - I can't get my updates!

Here's the situation....any advice would be much appreciated:

Our office standard environment is Windows XP SP2, with updates
configured as part of the Group Policy to install daily. For testing,
I'm using a laptop with Vista Business. When I first set it up, at
home, I could use Windows Update without any trouble. However, when I
used it to log in to the work network, the Group Policy settings were
applied to the Vista laptop and ever since I have been unable to get
any updates. In particular, the ability to check for updates is
disabled, with the message: "Some settings are managed by your system
administrator."

So, how can I get to whatever those settings are? Even my system
administrator at the office hasn't been able to help!

I've hit a brick wall, but here are some of the things I've tried:
- No matter which account I use (local administrator, domain user with
local admin priveleges), I still cannot check for updates.
- I've removed the computer from its domain and used an old local
admin account, and a new one.
- I've run gpedit.msc to see if I could change anything there - to no
avail.

Thanks very much in advance.
Andrew

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> Eeeek - I can't get my updates!
>
> Here's the situation....any advice would be much appreciated:
>
> Our office standard environment is Windows XP SP2, with updates
> configured as part of the Group Policy to install daily. For testing,
> I'm using a laptop with Vista Business. When I first set it up, at
> home, I could use Windows Update without any trouble. However, when I
> used it to log in to the work network, the Group Policy settings were
> applied to the Vista laptop and ever since I have been unable to get
> any updates. In particular, the ability to check for updates is
> disabled, with the message: "Some settings are managed by your system
> administrator."
>
> So, how can I get to whatever those settings are? Even my system
> administrator at the office hasn't been able to help!


Do you have a restore point you could use?
That would be the easiest fix I imagine.

Otherwise you could try using ProcMon to find out which registry values
are being tested, look at their values, then figure out how they got set that way
or just zap them the way you want to try them differently, etc.

That diagnostic would be even more useful if you have an otherwise identical
machine which is working the way you want it to. E.g. then you could compare
the two traces for essential differences, even if you didn't really know what
either one was saying. ; }


>
> I've hit a brick wall, but here are some of the things I've tried:
> - No matter which account I use (local administrator, domain user with
> local admin priveleges), I still cannot check for updates.
> - I've removed the computer from its domain and used an old local
> admin account, and a new one.
> - I've run gpedit.msc to see if I could change anything there - to no
> avail.
>
> Thanks very much in advance.
> Andrew
>


Good luck

Robert Aldwinckle
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I have the exact same problem. I have even compared the HKLM windows update
registry entries with another that works an i can see no difference.

Our IT group says they do not do anything with group policies regarding
windows update so something else must be the cause.

I have searched extensively. I would be helpful to have a listing of the
switches for the registry to know what dwords 1,2,3,4 stand for.

-steve

"" wrote:

> Eeeek - I can't get my updates!
>
> Here's the situation....any advice would be much appreciated:
>
> Our office standard environment is Windows XP SP2, with updates
> configured as part of the Group Policy to install daily. For testing,
> I'm using a laptop with Vista Business. When I first set it up, at
> home, I could use Windows Update without any trouble. However, when I
> used it to log in to the work network, the Group Policy settings were
> applied to the Vista laptop and ever since I have been unable to get
> any updates. In particular, the ability to check for updates is
> disabled, with the message: "Some settings are managed by your system
> administrator."
>
> So, how can I get to whatever those settings are? Even my system
> administrator at the office hasn't been able to help!
>
> I've hit a brick wall, but here are some of the things I've tried:
> - No matter which account I use (local administrator, domain user with
> local admin priveleges), I still cannot check for updates.
> - I've removed the computer from its domain and used an old local
> admin account, and a new one.
> - I've run gpedit.msc to see if I could change anything there - to no
> avail.
>
> Thanks very much in advance.
> Andrew
>
>