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Automatic Updates Grey out on Server 2003

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by blichtig

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I have a primary Server 2003 that has the automatic up feature greyed out. I found the group policy setting on the domain controller and changed it with a reboot but it is still greyed out. I also have 3 member servers where the automatic updates are greyed out and can not be change. Does anyone know why the option is greyed out under the administrator account? Any help would be appreciated.

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by Former member

Do you mean the Control Panel icon for Automatic Updates is greyed out ?
What about in Services...what is Automatic Updates set to ?
Automatic or Manual ?

You could try going to Add\Remove Programs and see if you can uninstall and then reinstall Automatic Updates, after ensuring Automatic is chosen in the Services.

If it is not in the "add and remove" section then read below:

By default, W2k hides a lot of the items available from Add\Remove Windows Components.
You can edit the file that hides them, and then have access to uninstall and reinstall.

Go to C:\WINNT\INF\SYSOC.INF

Open the sysoc.inf file in Notepad
DELETE "HIDE" AT THE END OF EACH LINE UNDER "COMPONENTS"

Hope this helps you out.

Please post back if you have anymore problems or questions.

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