I think it is grayed out because there is a group policy object setting it for you. Double Check your GPO’s.
From: Jeff Bunting [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, December 20, 2010 12:49 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Windows 2008 autoupdate Had a Win 2008 Enterprise SP2 server update itself and reboot over the weekend. Problem is, as far as I can tell, it is not configured to autoupdate. Windows Update shows "Download updates but let me choose whether to install them". Local security policy shows everything under Windows update as not configured. HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate does not exist. Looking back in the event log, it does appear this was a scheduled event: Installation Ready: The following updates are downloaded and ready for installation. This computer is currently scheduled to install these updates on Sunday, December 19, 2010 at 3:00 AM: - Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool - December 2010 (KB890830) - Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 8 for Windows Server 2008 (KB2416400) - Security Update for Windows Server 2008 (KB2305420) - Update for Windows Server 2008 (KB2443685) - Update for Internet Explorer for Windows Server 2008 (KB2467659) - Security Update for Windows Server 2008 (KB2442962) - Security Update for Windows Server 2008 (KB2423089) - Security Update for Windows Server 2008 (KB2296199) - Security Update for Windows Server 2008 (KB2436673) Beneath "Download updates but let me choose whether to install them" on the Windows update settings it does show Sunday at 3:00 as the scheduled time, but it is grayed out, presumably because it is set to "let me choose whether to install them". Any ideas? Am I looking in the correct places? Jeffrey thanks you all, :-) Jeff ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
