Windows 10: WinHTTP greyed out and unable to start it

Hi, so I have been trying to fix an issue with Teredo and I need IP helper to start in order to do so. Thus WinHTTP must start but it is greyed out and I cant click to start it.

Any Ideas how to fix this?

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WinHTTP Proxy Auto-Discovery Service will not start

Hi,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community.

I would suggest you to refer to the MSDN Forums for this similar issue which is resolved and check if it works for you.

https://social.technet.microsoft.co...ry-service-failed-to-start?forum=winservergen

Hope this helps. Get back to us if you have any more queries. We are happy to help!

 

Start Option Greyed out under Personalisation - Start.

Please note my reply to your questions in Bold:- Latest Build is Vers.1511-10586.318

Please note my reply in Bold :- Build is Vers. 1511-10586.318

Follow the steps to know the latest build installed.

• Press Windows key + R and type winver and hit Enter.

I would suggest you to check and install any latest Windows Updates available.

1. Go to Start and then Settings.

2. Click on Update and Recovery.

3. Check for updates under Windows Updates.

4. Restart the system and check if the issue is resolved. The Windows 10 system is set to Automatic update and as such does have the latest.

Just to remind you that the "Settings" option is not greyed out in Administrator mode so I don't think the updates would affect this.

 

Location service is greyed out

Hi Shahriar,

Thank you for responding.

Sorry for the inconvenience caused for you, I suggest you to try the below troubleshooting steps and check If it helps.

Step 1: Steps to turn on the Location settings.

• Login as an administrator.
• Press Windows key, type Location settings and select
  Change location settings.
• Check whether Location for this device is On by clicking on
  Change.
• Also turn on Location as well.

Step 2: And as you are unable to set the service Geolocation service to automatic, I suggest you to run SFC scan and check.

System File Checker is a utility in Windows that allows users to scan for corruptions in Windows system files and restore corrupted files.

Follow the below steps:

• 
  Right click on the Start button, click on
  Command Prompt (Admin).
  
• 
  Type “sfc /scannow” without the quotes and hit
  Enter.
  
• 
  After the scan, restart the computer and check for the issue.
  

Try to set the service to automatic by following the steps provided in the above post by Praveen Venugopal.

Hope it helps. Kindly update the status of the issue, we will be happy to help you.