Solved Can't Change Update Settings "Some settings are managed.."

[DAVEARNOLD731]

THANK YOU!!! I have spent hours on this, took me longer to register here to get patch than to fix the issue lol - God Bless

 

[baba20july]

IT did not work on windows 7, any idea ?

Ok. You can download and merge the .reg file I attached below, and approve all prompts to remove all Windows Update group policies. Sign out and in of Windows afterwards to fully apply, then see if you are able to set your Windows Update settings.

 

[Brink]

IT did not work on windows 7, any idea ?

Ok. You can download and merge the .reg file I attached below, and approve all prompts to remove all Windows Update group policies. Sign out and in of Windows afterwards to fully apply, then see if you are able to set your Windows Update settings.

It depends on what your issue is. Please provide more details.

 

[baba20july]

Same i still see the above error in IE 11, and it wont let me add trusted sites which is the ultimate objective.

IT did not work on windows 7, any idea ?

Ok. You can download and merge the .reg file I attached below, and approve all prompts to remove all Windows Update group policies. Sign out and in of Windows afterwards to fully apply, then see if you are able to set your Windows Update settings.

It depends on what your issue is. Please provide more details.

 

[Brink]

The .reg file here would only affect polices for Windows Update, and not for Internet Explorer.

Check using the method in the tutorial below to see if you may have any policies enabled in Local Group Policy Editor that could be responsible.

:ar: Group Policy Editor - Quickly View Enabled Policies in Windows - Windows 7 Help Forums

 

[Oddster]

Didn't work for me sadly , Running on Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit version . . .

 

[Brink]

Hello Oddster, and welcome to Eight Forums.

Are you referring to the .reg file posted below?

Can't Change Update Settings "Some settings are managed.."

 

[Oddster]

Hello Brink , Yes , that's what i was reffering to. I looked up for a solution all over the internet to this matter and i can't find nothing that works for me.

 

[Brink]

Just to verify, did you restart the computer after merging the .reg file?

 

[Oddster]

Yes, it was the first thing i did after merging the .reg file. and nothing changed.

 

[Brink]

If this has just recently started, then you could do a system restore using a restore point dated before this happened to undo it.

 

[crystalinerose]

Hi Brink! It's been 4 years since this thread was first posted and your reg file still helps... well, in my case, partially.

I followed your instructions to merge the reg file, restarted my laptop, and now I can pick the setting I want from the drop-down menu. I went to click OK, and... it still says I need an admin's permission. I'm on the Administrator account, of course. I wonder what's wrong?

I have made a restore point prior to merging the reg file. Any help would be appreciated, thanks in advance.

 

[Brink]

Hello @crystalinerose, and welcome to Eight Forums.

Is your UAC settings still set to default?

User Account Control (UAC) - Change Settings in Windows 8

Which Windows Update setting are you trying to change? Maybe we can find a workaround to get it set for now.

 

[crystalinerose]

UPDATE: I shut down my laptop after a program crashed. I've recently turned it on again and when I open Windows Update it's back as if I never merged your reg file. Before the shutdown, the drop down menu was blank and the yellow box is gone. I'm trying to change the setting to Install updates automatically.

1. My UAC setting is set to never notify.

2. Why I try to change the setting is due to my inability to install (a few months ago) Adobe Illustrator, and currently .NET Framework 3.5 for a program that needs it (it keeps returning error 0x800F0906). I'm trying to follow fixes I haven't seen and I got the steps to insert these into CMD:

net stop wuauserv
net stop cryptSvc
net stop bits
net stop msiserver
ren C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution SoftwareDistribution.old
ren C:\Windows\System32\catroot2 catroot2.old
net start wuauserv
net start cryptSvc
net start bits
net start msiserver
pause

But what I got was this:

It says that my Windows Update service is not started? So I try to change the settings, but I can't.

 

[Brink]

@crystalinerose,

If you haven't already, see if downloading and merging the Remove_Windows_Update_Policies.reg file from the link below while signed in to an administrator account, and restarting the computer afterwards to apply may help in letting you change the Windows Update settings afterwards.

Solved - Can't Change Update Settings "Some settings are managed.."

 

[crystalinerose]

I have done that. I've stated it in my first post in this thread. It gives me a blank drop down menu with the yellow box gone, but when I press OK to apply it it still gives me the "You need an administrator's permission" prompt.

 

[Straho]

Ok. You can download and merge the .reg file I attached below, and approve all prompts to remove all Windows Update group policies. Sign out and in of Windows afterwards to fully apply, then see if you are able to set your Windows Update settings.

Thank you verry much ...! Your help reslove my problem at 95% but i still cant do Windost update! All of my problems reslove but when i try to do update i see this:

From Bulgarian to English is: ("Windows Update cannot check for updates because the service is not running")

This is the last problem who i have...! I will be very indebted to you if you can help me solve this problem ...!

 

[Brink]

Thank you verry much ...! Your help reslove my problem at 95% but i still cant do Windost update! All of my problems reslove but when i try to do update i see this:

From Bulgarian to English is: ("Windows Update cannot check for updates because the service is not running")

This is the last problem who i have...! I will be very indebted to you if you can help me solve this problem ...!

Great news so far.

Double check in option 1 below to make sure the Windows Update service is enabled, set to "Automatic", and start so it's running.

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