- Disabling Automatic Updates?
- Posted by Rhino on November 11th, 2005
I would like to disable Automatic Updates but this panel is set to do the
updates automatically, the recommended option, and the whole panel is greyed
out so that I can't change the setting. I'm running XP with SP1. (I plan to
install SP2 very soon now, this weekend if possible, so please don't give me
a lecture about that.)
How can I "un-grey" the Automatic Updates panel so that I can turn Automatic
Updates off?
--
Rhino
- Posted by typical computer geek on November 11th, 2005
are you running as administrator or user
"Rhino" <rhino1@NOSPAM.sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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>I would like to disable Automatic Updates but this panel is set to do the
> updates automatically, the recommended option, and the whole panel is
> greyed
> out so that I can't change the setting. I'm running XP with SP1. (I plan
> to
> install SP2 very soon now, this weekend if possible, so please don't give
> me
> a lecture about that.)
>
> How can I "un-grey" the Automatic Updates panel so that I can turn
> Automatic
> Updates off?
>
> --
> Rhino
>
>
- Posted by R. McCarty on November 11th, 2005
By setting Service Start modes for Automatic Updates to Disabled &
Background Intelligent Transfer to Manual.
Click Start, Run (Type) Services.Msc [Enter]
Right Click the Appropriate Entries & change Startup mode - Reboot
"Rhino" <rhino1@NOSPAM.sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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>I would like to disable Automatic Updates but this panel is set to do the
> updates automatically, the recommended option, and the whole panel is
> greyed
> out so that I can't change the setting. I'm running XP with SP1. (I plan
> to
> install SP2 very soon now, this weekend if possible, so please don't give
> me
> a lecture about that.)
>
> How can I "un-grey" the Automatic Updates panel so that I can turn
> Automatic
> Updates off?
>
> --
> Rhino
>
>
- Posted by KB on November 11th, 2005
Rhino wrote:
> I would like to disable Automatic Updates but this panel is set to do the
> updates automatically, the recommended option, and the whole panel is greyed
> out so that I can't change the setting. I'm running XP with SP1. (I plan to
> install SP2 very soon now, this weekend if possible, so please don't give me
> a lecture about that.)
>
> How can I "un-grey" the Automatic Updates panel so that I can turn Automatic
> Updates off?
>
This page has some useful info that might help
http://www.amset.info/windows/auto-updates.asp
Best of luck 
- Posted by PA Bear on November 11th, 2005
Have you Norton or McAfee Internet Security installed?
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), AH-VSOP
Rhino wrote:
> I would like to disable Automatic Updates but this panel is set to do the
> updates automatically, the recommended option, and the whole panel is
> greyed out so that I can't change the setting. I'm running XP with SP1.
> (I plan to install SP2 very soon now, this weekend if possible, so please
> don't give me a lecture about that.)
>
> How can I "un-grey" the Automatic Updates panel so that I can turn
> Automatic Updates off?
- Posted by Rhino on November 11th, 2005
Administrator.
"typical computer geek" <schmag@schmag.com> wrote in message
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> are you running as administrator or user
>
> "Rhino" <rhino1@NOSPAM.sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:uDNUPQw5FHA.3432@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> >I would like to disable Automatic Updates but this panel is set to do the
> > updates automatically, the recommended option, and the whole panel is
> > greyed
> > out so that I can't change the setting. I'm running XP with SP1. (I plan
> > to
> > install SP2 very soon now, this weekend if possible, so please don't
give
> > me
> > a lecture about that.)
> >
> > How can I "un-grey" the Automatic Updates panel so that I can turn
> > Automatic
> > Updates off?
> >
> > --
> > Rhino
> >
> >
>
>
- Posted by Rick on November 11th, 2005
Rhino wrote:
> I would like to disable Automatic Updates but this panel is set to do the
> updates automatically, the recommended option, and the whole panel is greyed
> out so that I can't change the setting. I'm running XP with SP1. (I plan to
> install SP2 very soon now, this weekend if possible, so please don't give me
> a lecture about that.)
>
> How can I "un-grey" the Automatic Updates panel so that I can turn Automatic
> Updates off?
>
Why?
- Posted by Rhino on November 11th, 2005
Just my luck; I'd found the Automatic Updates service by poking around and
disabled it but I didn't know about the Background Intelligent Transfer
service. (By the way, I can't set it to Manual so I stopped it.)
How do I "change Startup mode"? I thought that might be shorthand for "turn
Automatic Updates 'off'" but I can't do that yet; everything is still greyed
out, even with the two services stopped.
Rhino
"R. McCarty" <PcEngWork-NoSpam_@mindspring.com> wrote in message
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> By setting Service Start modes for Automatic Updates to Disabled &
> Background Intelligent Transfer to Manual.
> Click Start, Run (Type) Services.Msc [Enter]
> Right Click the Appropriate Entries & change Startup mode - Reboot
>
> "Rhino" <rhino1@NOSPAM.sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:uDNUPQw5FHA.3432@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> >I would like to disable Automatic Updates but this panel is set to do the
> > updates automatically, the recommended option, and the whole panel is
> > greyed
> > out so that I can't change the setting. I'm running XP with SP1. (I plan
> > to
> > install SP2 very soon now, this weekend if possible, so please don't
give
> > me
> > a lecture about that.)
> >
> > How can I "un-grey" the Automatic Updates panel so that I can turn
> > Automatic
> > Updates off?
> >
> > --
> > Rhino
> >
> >
>
>
- Posted by Rhino on November 11th, 2005
Nope. I have AVG by Grisoft. Do I need to turn it off?
Rhino
"PA Bear" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Have you Norton or McAfee Internet Security installed?
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), AH-VSOP
>
> Rhino wrote:
> > I would like to disable Automatic Updates but this panel is set to do
the
> > updates automatically, the recommended option, and the whole panel is
> > greyed out so that I can't change the setting. I'm running XP with SP1.
> > (I plan to install SP2 very soon now, this weekend if possible, so
please
> > don't give me a lecture about that.)
> >
> > How can I "un-grey" the Automatic Updates panel so that I can turn
> > Automatic Updates off?
- Posted by Rhino on November 11th, 2005
"Rick" <fsholbrook@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Rhino wrote:
>
> > I would like to disable Automatic Updates but this panel is set to do
the
> > updates automatically, the recommended option, and the whole panel is
greyed
> > out so that I can't change the setting. I'm running XP with SP1. (I plan
to
> > install SP2 very soon now, this weekend if possible, so please don't
give me
> > a lecture about that.)
> >
> > How can I "un-grey" the Automatic Updates panel so that I can turn
Automatic
> > Updates off?
> >
> Why?
Basically, because other people have told me to do so. Apparently, Automatic
Updates are buggy or flaky or have "known problems", depending on who you
talk to, and it is a better idea to do the updates manually every second
Tuesday of the month, which is when they come out.
Rhino
- Posted by Rhino on November 11th, 2005
I took your advice and tried the things suggested in the website with these
notable events:
- only the first of the two HIKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE keys (AUOptions) existed and
I deleted it
- there was no ...\WindowsUpdate key under HIKEY_CURRENT_USER
- there was no ...WindowsUpdate option in the Computer Configuration area of
the Group Policy
I did the other things that were suggested and saved the Group Policy SnapIn
before rebooting.
After rebooting, I still can't change my Automatic Updates setting because
the whole tab is still greyed out.
Rhino
"KB" <karlb65nospam@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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> Rhino wrote:
> > I would like to disable Automatic Updates but this panel is set to do
the
> > updates automatically, the recommended option, and the whole panel is
greyed
> > out so that I can't change the setting. I'm running XP with SP1. (I plan
to
> > install SP2 very soon now, this weekend if possible, so please don't
give me
> > a lecture about that.)
> >
> > How can I "un-grey" the Automatic Updates panel so that I can turn
Automatic
> > Updates off?
> >
> This page has some useful info that might help
> http://www.amset.info/windows/auto-updates.asp
>
> Best of luck
- Posted by PA Bear on November 12th, 2005
Prolly not but YMMV. (I was thinking that NIS's or MIS's Script Blocker
might be interfering.)
--
~PA Bear
Rhino wrote:
> Nope. I have AVG by Grisoft. Do I need to turn it off?
>
> Rhino
>
> "PA Bear" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:u7OXYWw5FHA.1864@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > Have you Norton or McAfee Internet Security installed?
> > --
> > ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> > MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), AH-VSOP
> >
> > Rhino wrote:
> > > I would like to disable Automatic Updates but this panel is set to do
> > > the updates automatically, the recommended option, and the whole
> > > panel is greyed out so that I can't change the setting. I'm running
> > > XP with SP1. (I plan to install SP2 very soon now, this weekend if
> > > possible, so please don't give me a lecture about that.)
> > >
> > > How can I "un-grey" the Automatic Updates panel so that I can turn
> > > Automatic Updates off?
