<p>A user reported the following problem when he tried to run a free upgrade of Windows 7 to Windows 10:</p>
<h4>Some settings are managed by your system administrator</h4>
<p>After he decided to take the free upgrade offer which will be available until July, 29 he was unable to do so.<br />
<a href="https://www.wincert.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/update-error.png"><img class="alignnone wp-image-1902 size-full" src="https://www.wincert.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/update-error.png" alt="update error; some settings" width="554" height="209" /></a></p>
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<p>I have checked local security policy to see if some setting is preventing upgrades, but I wasn&#8217;t able to find anything out of the ordinary. Therefore I have checked registry entries for Windows Update and haven&#8217;t found anything.</p>
<p>Then I have tried to find other keys and have noticed something. The key called &#8220;<strong>NoWindowsUpdate</strong>&#8221; was the culprit here and it can be found on the following path:</p>
<p><strong>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer</strong></p>
<p>It has the following values:</p>
<p><strong>1</strong> = Enabled = Users cannot connect to the Windows Update website.<br />
<strong>0</strong> = Disabled or not configured. Users can connect to the Windows Update website.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.wincert.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/upgrade-win-10.png"><img class="alignnone wp-image-1903 size-full" src="https://www.wincert.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/upgrade-win-10.png" alt="upgrade win 10; some settings" width="655" height="415" /></a></p>
<p>The strange thing was that his PC was updating automatically. He just wasn&#8217;t able to run the upgrade to Windows 10.</p>
<p>You can delete this key or change it&#8217;s value to <strong>0</strong>. Close the registry editor, restart <strong>Windows Update service</strong> and try to run the upgrade again.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.wincert.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/win-10-upgrade.png"><img class="alignnone wp-image-1904 size-full" src="https://www.wincert.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/win-10-upgrade.png" alt="win 10 upgrade; some settings" width="605" height="339" /></a></p>
<p>Hope this helps. Comments are welcome!</p>

Windows 10 upgrade issues
