windows updates managed by system administrator

Thanks, Woody, And sorry for the ramble everyone. Anyway, deleting the Windows update folder finally did the trick, and when I rebooted there were about 40 updates ready and waiting from MS. But I know for a fact that this was the first time I have seen the company’s name anywhere inside the computer OS for over 5 years. And when I did reboot and go back to the Registry, guess what I found? Below the strings I had just added via Woody’s information, two new WSUS(spl?) server items with the name of the company that had built the computer!! Had these been deliberately hidden from my view over the many times I had visited this part of the Reg? Surely not. The answer involved going once again into the Registry – an old friend of mine by now – and adding a couple of string things with a couple of values, and then rebooting.

And then halfway down a Google page, Woody came to the rescue. So I must have spent (and I kid you not) about 20 solid hours scouring the Internet for solutions/fixes etc, all to no avail. I had tried fruitlessly to fix the problem over the last couple of years, but now when updated music software threatens to jump ship because of the OS, I really did need to solve the problem. Top of window reads 'Some settings are managed by your system administrator.' Windows Updates works properly when initiated manually, so the system is up to date. Try to upload your image online first (imgur, photobucket etc.). Under 'Important Updates', the drop-down menu for automatic updates is set to: 'Never Check for Updates (Not Recommended)' and is grayed out, cannot be changed. And so back to the dreaded message of ‘some of your settings etc…’. please help me windows update some settings are managed by your system administrator. This week I installed a music software program that told me that the OS that I am running is not supported, and that some of the newest features will not work. What organisation I thought? It’s a personal computer that is mostly kept off the Internet. However, in 2019 pre-Covid, the Windows updates stopped, and I first noticed the soon-dreaded ‘some of your settings are managed by your organisation’ message. It was top-of-the-range and still works perfectly and the company that built it would even ‘tweak’ the OS especially for music so I wouldn’t need to bother with any rooting about under-the-hood etc. In 2016 I had a computer built for me for music-making. I’ve just joined this Forum specifically to thank ‘Woody’ for solving the problem that the thread title denotes.

Windows updates managed by system administrator