Unable to change Windows Update settings: "SOME SETTINGS ARE MANAGED BY YOUR SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR

Anonymous
2012-04-11T14:24:34+00:00

original title: "SOME SETTINGS ARE MANAGED BY YOUR SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR

Im using Windows 7 Home Premium, and I've been encountering difficulties in Windows Updates Settings. I want to change my settings on Windows Updates so I can install important software from the Internet. But the problem is it prompts this message "SOME SETTINGS ARE MANAGED BY YOUR SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR

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Anonymous
2013-03-13T17:05:36+00:00

If you want to change your settings on Windows Updates manualy (not from registry) you need to delete added subkey under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU to leave only the "default" subkey.

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Anonymous
2012-04-11T14:58:22+00:00

Try this:

1.    Click Start, type gpedit.msc and press Enter.

2.    Locate to Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Internet Explorer.

3.    Double-click “Security Zones: Do not allow users to change policies” on the right pane

4.    Choose “Not Configured” and click OK.

5.    Restart the computer and test the result.

You can also delete the registry key “Security_HKLM_only” under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet

Settings directly.

If the issue persists, I would like to confirm when this issue began to occur. Have any changes been made on your computer recently? Is your computer in a domain?

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Anonymous
2015-05-14T00:11:47+00:00

I had a registry setting on my PC.  HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer with a REG_DWORD called NoWindowsUpdate that was set to 1.  I set it to 0 and it worked for me.  None of the other options listed here worked for me.

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  1. Anonymous
    2017-05-02T01:45:50+00:00

    I followed the instuctions HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\ but I couldn't fine AU... it wasn't there

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-10-13T18:29:01+00:00

    No this didn't work.  There is no path in the Local Group Policy Editor:

    Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Internet Explorer.

    3.    Double-click “Security Zones: Do not allow users to change policies” on the right pane

    There is Security Features but there is no “Security Zones: Do not allow users to change policies” option.

    There is nothing even similar.  I am not going into the registry to delete   I wasn't allowed to reply so I spent 10 more minutes of MY TIME creating a Microsoft outlook account and it didn't work either.

    I resent MS going in and changing the way we get our updates then wasting my time creating an email account I didn't want. 

    Oh yeah the problem still exists.

    I use computers to save me time not waste.

    Please respond to me via my gmail account which does work.

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