windows update options "grayed out"

[douglasemc]

yes, i logged as administrator

but the options windows (the one where you chose auto or turn off AU)is still grayed out, i even restarted the windows update service from CMC but it wont let me change anything

all help will be grately appreciated

thanks

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[Roadki11]

It was or is probably configured to get its updates from a SUS or WSUS server. This was probably done with a GPO but could have been done with a reg file also. You can look at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate reg key to prove this on that machine. You can also delete that key and it will ungray the AU options but if its getting pushed out with GP it will reset the options and gray it out again.

RoadKi11