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Automatic updateson XP

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by kiran g

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On my Win Xp machine, i have Automatic Updates service up & running , but when i choose Automatic Updates from control Panel allthe options are grayed out. am not able to turn it on.

Whatz causing this ?

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by blackcurrant

Hi

Make sure you are logged on with Administrative rights and try again. If the dialog is still greyed out, click Start>Run and type:

services.msc

then click OK. Next, look down the list until you see an entry marked Automatic Updates. Make sure the stratup type is automatic. Reboot and login and hopefully you should be OK.

Good luck

by p.j.hutchison

GRoup Policy may be overriding local settings, if you have permissions you change it with gpedit.msc

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