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    Cant turn off Windows AutoUpdate in Vista? ?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by adampit, Aug 22, 2010.

  1. adampit

    adampit Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'm getting really annoyed that i cannot turn off Windows AutoUpdate in Vista Home Premium...
    The box where you can choose what you want to do is greyed out and i do not know why it wont let me turn this option off.

    I have tried searching google for ways to give myself full admin privileges and i have tried them but i still apparently do not have the rights to turn this option off?


    I dont have this problem on my other computers or in the past with XP or 7...
     
    adampit, Aug 22, 2010
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    Look in the following registry location for the AUOptoins value

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\Auto Update

    set it to 1.
     
    goofball, Aug 22, 2010
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    ok im there.. do i set the "Default" to 1? right now it says value not set

    and setting it to 1 will turn off auto update?

    and there is no way for me to do this without going into the registry for Vista?
     
    adampit, Aug 22, 2010
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    Not sure why it is locked out for you, that's the weird part. Are you using the built-in administrator account (which by default is disabled) or another account that is part of the administrators group?
    1 should set it to never check for updates.
     
    goofball, Aug 22, 2010
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    Disable the Windows Update service.
     
    Kocane, Aug 22, 2010
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    Yea i would like to know why im locked out as well.

    I have enabled the built in Admin account and that didn't let me take auto update off, and i also gave my own account full admin access and that wont let me take auto update off.. It is really weird that the drop down box is greyed out...

    so i disabled Windows Update service from startup in msconfig.. now it will not update at all correct?
     
    adampit, Aug 23, 2010
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  7. Kocane

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    Winkey + R
    Services.msc
    Find Windows Update
    Goto its settings
    Set it to disabled

    Managing services via. msconfig is not the correct way.


    But yes, without that service, i couldn't imagine Winupdate being able to get anything done... Still a weird issue you have there.
     
    Kocane, Aug 23, 2010
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  8. adampit

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    Ok thanks. it is now disabled.

    Yes, a very weird issue... I'd love to know how to solve it.. but if i cant find a solution, i plan on doing a clean install of Vista or upgrading it to windows 7 anyway.
     
    adampit, Aug 23, 2010
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    Maybe it's something in the group policy editor (gpedit.msc) that has been configured to disallow users to change update settings... Yet that seems unlikely, because yeah, you've tried the admin account.
     
    Kocane, Aug 23, 2010
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    What could i look into??
    I'm the original owner of this laptop and have def. not taken away my own privileges to make changes..
     
    adampit, Aug 23, 2010
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    Then spending time on that would be a waste of time... Live with it as it is now, or come over to the bright side with Windows 7 :p
     
    Kocane, Aug 23, 2010
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  12. adampit

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    ^yeah my desktop has windows 7 and i absolutely love it... ill probably just upgrade the laptop to 7 as well
     
    adampit, Aug 23, 2010
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    If not Windows 7, a clean install of Vista should fix this.
     
    Syberia, Aug 28, 2010
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