can't change windows update settings even though I am the administrator

Anonymous
2012-03-12T02:33:33+00:00

When I try to change the windows update settings, the options are greyed out and I get the message at the top "Some settings are managed by your system administrator."  However, I am the system administrator.  Creating another account and designating it the system administrator account does not help.

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Anonymous
2013-03-25T10:20:50+00:00

This was the only way I found to fix this:

Be very careful editing windows registry

For Windows Vista/7

Click Start and type regedit in the Search Programs and Files field. Then right-click on regedit in the programs list and select Run as Administrator.

Within the Registry Editor, navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU.

On the right side of the window, locate AUOptions and NoAutoUpdate. Delete both of these registry keys.

Reboot

You should now be able to edit Windows Update

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  1. Anonymous
    2015-07-10T13:59:46+00:00

    is this work at windows 8?

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-07-03T21:20:41+00:00

    absolutely nailed it, thanks!

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-06-20T16:14:45+00:00

    Since the solutions offered on the Microsoft website only work if the update file exists the only solution i can come to is to repair or reinstall the OS. Not an easy task if you purchased a laptop with the OS preloaded and you haven't made a recovery disk.

    To get a copy of the OS to repair from you have to contact the manufacturer  ( in my case Toshiba) who will also charge you for it. A practice I find offensive since I already bought the OS when I purchased the laptop.

    A personal update to my own situation is that while trying to repair the OS the hard drive died and I have gone out to buy a new laptop. I'm left with the thought that the corruption of the OS was due to the impending failure of the hard drive.

    Hope this has helped.

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-06-20T15:14:33+00:00

    Hi mfh2112 !

    i had the same:

                               "There is no windows update at all"

    what's the problem actually? if it is there!

    [ if the problem is solved, make at least "got solved by _ _ _ _ _ _", it will help you as well as other community users! and don't forget "mark it as answer"/ "me too"!]

    Thanks,

    Regards,

    Vineet Garg.

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