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I can't enable Windows Update
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<blockquote data-quote="NoVirusThanks" data-source="post: 783802" data-attributes="member: 68429"><p>That's definitely strange, however I extracted some potentially useful suggestions from the web:</p><p></p><p>Possibility 1 - See accepted answer:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_xp-update/windows-update-settings-is-greyed-out/772a2e91-9a5c-48e0-ba34-930d4686a401?auth=1" target="_blank">WINDOWS UPDATE SETTINGS IS GREYED OUT -</a></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Possibility 2 - You're on a Limited/Standard Account:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/how-to-fix-start-or-stop-services-options-greyed/d177eb4c-d3fd-4dfb-a028-271402b1e17d" target="_blank">How to fix start or stop services options greyed out in Services on Windows 7 professional?</a></p><p></p><p>Possibility 3 - Windows update grayed out By Bas Wijdenes:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.baswijdenes.com/portfolio/windows-update-grayed-out/" target="_blank">https://www.baswijdenes.com/portfolio/windows-update-grayed-out/</a></p><p></p><p>Possibility 4 - Did you use other tweaks?</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.tenforums.com/windows-updates-activation/62763-cannot-re-enable-windows-update.html" target="_blank">Cannot Re-Enable Windows Update Solved - Windows 10 Forums</a></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Possibility 5 - Is "msiserver" service running?</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.tenforums.com/general-support/91075-windows-services-greyed-out.html" target="_blank">windows services greyed out - Windows 10 Forums</a></p><p></p><p>Possibility 6 - Terminate all msiserver.exe instances:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/windows-10-windows-installer-msiserver-greyed-out/10898b52-be29-4a75-a78e-8442278b6ebd" target="_blank">Windows 10 Windows Installer (msiserver) greyed out</a></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Possibility 7 - Windows Update troubleshooting guide from MS:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2509997" target="_blank">Windows Update troubleshooting</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NoVirusThanks, post: 783802, member: 68429"] That's definitely strange, however I extracted some potentially useful suggestions from the web: Possibility 1 - See accepted answer: [URL='https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_xp-update/windows-update-settings-is-greyed-out/772a2e91-9a5c-48e0-ba34-930d4686a401?auth=1']WINDOWS UPDATE SETTINGS IS GREYED OUT -[/URL] Possibility 2 - You're on a Limited/Standard Account: [URL='https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/how-to-fix-start-or-stop-services-options-greyed/d177eb4c-d3fd-4dfb-a028-271402b1e17d']How to fix start or stop services options greyed out in Services on Windows 7 professional?[/URL] Possibility 3 - Windows update grayed out By Bas Wijdenes: [URL]https://www.baswijdenes.com/portfolio/windows-update-grayed-out/[/URL] Possibility 4 - Did you use other tweaks? [URL='https://www.tenforums.com/windows-updates-activation/62763-cannot-re-enable-windows-update.html']Cannot Re-Enable Windows Update Solved - Windows 10 Forums[/URL] Possibility 5 - Is "msiserver" service running? [URL='https://www.tenforums.com/general-support/91075-windows-services-greyed-out.html']windows services greyed out - Windows 10 Forums[/URL] Possibility 6 - Terminate all msiserver.exe instances: [URL='https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/windows-10-windows-installer-msiserver-greyed-out/10898b52-be29-4a75-a78e-8442278b6ebd']Windows 10 Windows Installer (msiserver) greyed out[/URL] Possibility 7 - Windows Update troubleshooting guide from MS: [URL='http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2509997']Windows Update troubleshooting[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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