Solved I can't change my update setting

IN that case, all I can think of is that they must be either tagged as 'in use' or contain illegal characters which prevent the commands from working.
I'll see what I can figure out.

Ok thank you, I'll wait. I don't even know why I have 2 names. one as user and one as administrator.
 

My Computer My Computer

Computer type
Laptop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Sony Electronics Inc. / VAIO VPCCW17FX
OS
windows 7 home premium
CPU
Intel Core 2 Duo CPU T6600
Motherboard
2.20 GHz
Memory
4 GB
Antivirus
AVG, Smadav
Browser
mozilla
Open Regedit
Navigate to the
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
key

right-click on the key to highlight it and select Permissions
Click on the Advanced button
Click on the Owner tab
highlight 'Administrators' in the box, and click Apply
put a tick in the 'Replace owner...' box, and click Apply
Click on the Permissions tab
highlight Administrators
Click Edit
put a tick in the Allow/Full Control box and click OK
put a tick in the 'Replace all child...' box and click Apply
Accept the warning

Delete it! - highlight it and hit the delete button - accept the warning if you're sure you got the right one
THERE IS NO UNDO OPTION IN REGEDIT!


Close Regedit, and reboot

Now try your access/control again.
 

My Computer My Computer

Computer type
Laptop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Asus K52F or Lenovo B51-80
OS
Win 7 x64 Home Premium (and x86 VirtualBox VM)/Win10
CPU
i3 370M/i7 6500U
Motherboard
Asus/Lenovo
Memory
8GB - finally :)/8GB
Graphics Card(s)
it's an i3, dude!/dual Intel&nVidia
Sound Card
onboard
Monitor(s) Displays
15.6" built-in
Screen Resolution
1366x768/1920x1080
Hard Drives
750GB Seagate internal
Sundry external drives attached to other computers on the local network
1TB SSD on the Lenovo
PSU
n/a
Internet Speed
as much as I can get - usually on a dongle/phone, so <1MB/s
Antivirus
MSE/Defender
Browser
IE11/12/Edge/Chrome/FF(if I must)
Open Regedit
Navigate to the
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
key

right-click on the key to highlight it and select Permissions
Click on the Advanced button
Click on the Owner tab
highlight 'Administrators' in the box, and click Apply
put a tick in the 'Replace owner...' box, and click Apply
Click on the Permissions tab
highlight Administrators
Click Edit
put a tick in the Allow/Full Control box and click OK
put a tick in the 'Replace all child...' box and click Apply
Accept the warning

Delete it! - highlight it and hit the delete button - accept the warning if you're sure you got the right one
THERE IS NO UNDO OPTION IN REGEDIT!


Close Regedit, and reboot

Now try your access/control again.

I'm sorry, which one i have to remove?
when i did all the step that you give. nothing is change.
 

My Computer My Computer

Computer type
Laptop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Sony Electronics Inc. / VAIO VPCCW17FX
OS
windows 7 home premium
CPU
Intel Core 2 Duo CPU T6600
Motherboard
2.20 GHz
Memory
4 GB
Antivirus
AVG, Smadav
Browser
mozilla
Dear Noel,
i think the problem is solved (?)
i don't know actually. if you see the first post, the one that still unchanged is box #4.
 
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My Computer My Computer

Computer type
Laptop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Sony Electronics Inc. / VAIO VPCCW17FX
OS
windows 7 home premium
CPU
Intel Core 2 Duo CPU T6600
Motherboard
2.20 GHz
Memory
4 GB
Antivirus
AVG, Smadav
Browser
mozilla
That looks better :)
Open an Elevated Command Prompt again, and run the following commands...
Code:
REG QUERY HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate  /S >> "%userprofile%\desktop\WUSETTINGS.TXT" 
REG QUERY HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer  /S >> "%userprofile%\desktop\WUSETTINGS.TXT" 
REG QUERY "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Internet Communication Management\Internet Communication" /S >> "%userprofile%\desktop\WUSETTINGS.TXT" 
REG QUERY HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\WindowsUpdate  /S >> "%userprofile%\desktop\WUSETTINGS.TXT" 
REG QUERY HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU  /S >> "%userprofile%\desktop\WUSETTINGS.TXT" 

.

post the results and we'll see where we are.
 

My Computer My Computer

Computer type
Laptop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Asus K52F or Lenovo B51-80
OS
Win 7 x64 Home Premium (and x86 VirtualBox VM)/Win10
CPU
i3 370M/i7 6500U
Motherboard
Asus/Lenovo
Memory
8GB - finally :)/8GB
Graphics Card(s)
it's an i3, dude!/dual Intel&nVidia
Sound Card
onboard
Monitor(s) Displays
15.6" built-in
Screen Resolution
1366x768/1920x1080
Hard Drives
750GB Seagate internal
Sundry external drives attached to other computers on the local network
1TB SSD on the Lenovo
PSU
n/a
Internet Speed
as much as I can get - usually on a dongle/phone, so <1MB/s
Antivirus
MSE/Defender
Browser
IE11/12/Edge/Chrome/FF(if I must)
That looks better :)
Open an Elevated Command Prompt again, and run the following commands...
Code:
REG QUERY HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate  /S >> "%userprofile%\desktop\WUSETTINGS.TXT" 
REG QUERY HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer  /S >> "%userprofile%\desktop\WUSETTINGS.TXT" 
REG QUERY "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Internet Communication Management\Internet Communication" /S >> "%userprofile%\desktop\WUSETTINGS.TXT" 
REG QUERY HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\WindowsUpdate  /S >> "%userprofile%\desktop\WUSETTINGS.TXT" 
REG QUERY HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU  /S >> "%userprofile%\desktop\WUSETTINGS.TXT" 

.
post the results and we'll see where we are.

here we go :

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU
NoAutoRebootWithLoggedOnUsers REG_DWORD 0x1
NoAutoUpdate REG_DWORD 0x0


HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
NoInternetOpenWith REG_DWORD 0x1
NoDriveTypeAutoRun REG_DWORD 0xdd
NoCDBurning REG_DWORD 0x1
NoWindowsUpdate REG_DWORD 0x1
ClearRecentDocsOnExit REG_DWORD 0x0
NoRecentDocsHistory REG_DWORD 0x0
NoInstrumentation REG_DWORD 0x0
NoLowDiskSpaceChecks REG_DWORD 0x1


HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\WindowsUpdate
DisableWindowsUpdateAccess REG_DWORD 0x1


HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU
NoAutoRebootWithLoggedOnUsers REG_DWORD 0x1
NoAutoUpdate REG_DWORD 0x0
 

My Computer My Computer

Computer type
Laptop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Sony Electronics Inc. / VAIO VPCCW17FX
OS
windows 7 home premium
CPU
Intel Core 2 Duo CPU T6600
Motherboard
2.20 GHz
Memory
4 GB
Antivirus
AVG, Smadav
Browser
mozilla
That's exactly the same?
Didn't you delete the entry for Explorer while you were in Regedit?
If you did, then there's obviously something reinserting it every time.


Please download and install Malwarebytes Anti-malware (free version) from http://www.malwarebytes.org/products/malwarebytes_free/ - UNtick 'Enable free trial of MBAM Premium' at the end of the installation - and update it, then run a full scan in your main account, and Quick scans in any other user accounts.

Delete everything it finds
 

My Computer My Computer

Computer type
Laptop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Asus K52F or Lenovo B51-80
OS
Win 7 x64 Home Premium (and x86 VirtualBox VM)/Win10
CPU
i3 370M/i7 6500U
Motherboard
Asus/Lenovo
Memory
8GB - finally :)/8GB
Graphics Card(s)
it's an i3, dude!/dual Intel&nVidia
Sound Card
onboard
Monitor(s) Displays
15.6" built-in
Screen Resolution
1366x768/1920x1080
Hard Drives
750GB Seagate internal
Sundry external drives attached to other computers on the local network
1TB SSD on the Lenovo
PSU
n/a
Internet Speed
as much as I can get - usually on a dongle/phone, so <1MB/s
Antivirus
MSE/Defender
Browser
IE11/12/Edge/Chrome/FF(if I must)
That's exactly the same?
Didn't you delete the entry for Explorer while you were in Regedit?
If you did, then there's obviously something reinserting it every time.


Please download and install Malwarebytes Anti-malware (free version) from http://www.malwarebytes.org/products/malwarebytes_free/ - UNtick 'Enable free trial of MBAM Premium' at the end of the installation - and update it, then run a full scan in your main account, and Quick scans in any other user accounts.

Delete everything it finds

is this the result you hope for?

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU
NoAutoRebootWithLoggedOnUsers REG_DWORD 0x1
NoAutoUpdate REG_DWORD 0x0


HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
NoInternetOpenWith REG_DWORD 0x1
NoDriveTypeAutoRun REG_DWORD 0xdd
NoCDBurning REG_DWORD 0x1
NoWindowsUpdate REG_DWORD 0x1
ClearRecentDocsOnExit REG_DWORD 0x0
NoRecentDocsHistory REG_DWORD 0x0
NoInstrumentation REG_DWORD 0x0
NoLowDiskSpaceChecks REG_DWORD 0x1



HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU
NoAutoRebootWithLoggedOnUsers REG_DWORD 0x1
NoAutoUpdate REG_DWORD 0x0
 

My Computer My Computer

Computer type
Laptop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Sony Electronics Inc. / VAIO VPCCW17FX
OS
windows 7 home premium
CPU
Intel Core 2 Duo CPU T6600
Motherboard
2.20 GHz
Memory
4 GB
Antivirus
AVG, Smadav
Browser
mozilla
The data is still there - let's check something else, in case it's been buried in the HKLM Key...

Open an Elevated Command Prompt, and run the following command.

REG QUERY HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

Post the results
 

My Computer My Computer

Computer type
Laptop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Asus K52F or Lenovo B51-80
OS
Win 7 x64 Home Premium (and x86 VirtualBox VM)/Win10
CPU
i3 370M/i7 6500U
Motherboard
Asus/Lenovo
Memory
8GB - finally :)/8GB
Graphics Card(s)
it's an i3, dude!/dual Intel&nVidia
Sound Card
onboard
Monitor(s) Displays
15.6" built-in
Screen Resolution
1366x768/1920x1080
Hard Drives
750GB Seagate internal
Sundry external drives attached to other computers on the local network
1TB SSD on the Lenovo
PSU
n/a
Internet Speed
as much as I can get - usually on a dongle/phone, so <1MB/s
Antivirus
MSE/Defender
Browser
IE11/12/Edge/Chrome/FF(if I must)
The data is still there - let's check something else, in case it's been buried in the HKLM Key...

Open an Elevated Command Prompt, and run the following command.

REG QUERY HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

Post the results

here's the result
 

My Computer My Computer

Computer type
Laptop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Sony Electronics Inc. / VAIO VPCCW17FX
OS
windows 7 home premium
CPU
Intel Core 2 Duo CPU T6600
Motherboard
2.20 GHz
Memory
4 GB
Antivirus
AVG, Smadav
Browser
mozilla
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