Can't turn on Automatic Updates in SP2

[B Hope]

Hi

I thought I would re-post this one in case there were any other ideas out
there.

I have Installed SP2 on an office machine - everything went well except that
automatic updates was turned OFF in the
Security Centre. I have tried to turn it on from Control Panel but all the
options are greyed
out including the OFF option which is already ticked. Is there a registry
option to re-set this? Any ideas?

Thanks

Barry

 

[Kaylene aka Taurarian]

Automatic updates greyed out
Click Start, select run and type in: services.msc,
Now scroll down to the autoupdate service and double click it.
Start it and set the startup type to automatic, then reboot.

"The Windows Update Service is not available" and all of the check boxes and
drop-down menus are greyed out. This can happen if the Automatic Update service
is disabled.

Click Start, select Run and type: Services.msc
Press Enter
Locate the - "Automatic Update"
Make sure the service is not disabled and started.

"The Windows Update Service is not available" and all of the check boxes and
drop-down menus are greyed out. Automatic Update Service is missing from the
services.msc list.
Can happen if the wuaueng.dll file is not registered.

Register the file wuaueng.dll:
Click Start, select Run
Type: regsvr32 wuaueng.dll
Press OK.

if that fails
Windows Update Greyed Out - Restore (Line 179)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

 

[B Hope]

Thanks for the suggestion. I will check it out.

Barry