How to Fix Windows Update Greyed out

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How to Fix
Windows Update Greyed out

To make the Automatic Updates options configurable by the user (only for stand-alone systems), remove the restrictions 2 & 3 above.

Click Start, Run and type REGEDIT.EXE

Navigate to this location:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Policies \ Microsoft \ Windows \ WindowsUpdate \ AU

In the right-pane, delete the two values AUOptions and NoAutoUpdate

Navigate to this location:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ WindowsUpdate

In the right-pane, delete the value DisableWindowsUpdateAccess

Using the Group Policy Editor - for Windows XP Professional

Click Start, Run and type gpedit.msc

Navigate to the following location:

=> Computer Configuration
==> Administrative Templates
===> Windows Components
====> Windows Update

In the right-pane, double-click Configure Automatic Updates and set it to Not Configured

Then, navigate to this location:

=> User Configuration
==> Administrative Templates
===> Windows Components
====> Windows Update

In the right-pane, set Remove access to all Windows Update features to Not Configured