How to Enable Automatic Updates in the Registry
- 1). Choose "Start" and then click on "Run." Type in "regedit" (with no quotes) and press "Enter" to open the Registry Editor.
- 2). Navigate to "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU" in the left side of the Registry Editor window. Locate the key named "NoAutoUpdate" on the right side of the window.
- 3). Right-click on "NoAutoUpdate" and choose "Modify."
- 4). Change the value of "NoAutoUpdate" to 0 to enable automatic updates.
- 5). Close the Registry Editor. Reboot the computer for the changes to take effect.
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