Hi,

I just got me a brand new Computer. And, of course, I need to reconfigure it
to make it compatible with my personal quirks. Looking around inside the
settings, I found out my 'Automatic Updates' are turned of. But I seem not to
be able to turn it on again.

When I open 'System' in my Configuration screen, and go to the tab
'Automatic Updates', I can not select 'Automatic', nor any other setting that
should be selectable. Can someone point me to a place where I can turn
Automatic Updates on again?

TIA,
Abel

1. Check the Service Manager for "Automatic Update" service
Click Start, select Run and type: Services.msc
Press Enter
Locate the - "Automatic Update"
Make sure the service is not disabled and started.

2. If the service is disabled and cannot be started:

Go to START, Select RUN
Type: regsvr32 wuaueng.dll
Press Ok

3. If all else fails:-

Windows Update Greyed Out - Restore (Line 179)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Automatic Updates options are grayed out?:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/aupolicy.htm


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"Abel MacAdam" <AbelMacAdam@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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| Hi,
|
| I just got me a brand new Computer. And, of course, I need to reconfigure it
| to make it compatible with my personal quirks. Looking around inside the
| settings, I found out my 'Automatic Updates' are turned of. But I seem not to
| be able to turn it on again.
|
| When I open 'System' in my Configuration screen, and go to the tab
| 'Automatic Updates', I can not select 'Automatic', nor any other setting that
| should be selectable. Can someone point me to a place where I can turn
| Automatic Updates on again?
|
| TIA,
| Abel

What does the computer manufacturer have to say about this?
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Abel MacAdam wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just got me a brand new Computer. And, of course, I need to reconfigure
> it
> to make it compatible with my personal quirks. Looking around inside the
> settings, I found out my 'Automatic Updates' are turned of. But I seem not
> to be able to turn it on again.
>
> When I open 'System' in my Configuration screen, and go to the tab
> 'Automatic Updates', I can not select 'Automatic', nor any other setting
> that should be selectable. Can someone point me to a place where I can
> turn
> Automatic Updates on again?
>
> TIA,
> Abel