Group Policy setting If you check the registry for the DisableWindowsUpdateAccess key, you will likely find the following: HKEY_USERSS-1-5-18SoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPoliciesWindowsUpdate DisableWindowsUpdateAccess REG_DWORD (1)
S-1-5-18 maps to the SYSTEM ACCOUNT
To correct the problem, either set the value to 0 or delete the key. You may also need to check that you do not have a Group Policy that continues to set this value to 1 to avoid the problem from happening after a policy is refreshed.