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Here's how to Fix Services Start, Stop or Startup type grayed out in Windows:

- Open the Services snap-in as Administrator - Right click Services and select "Run as Administrator". This enables full control.

- Check the permissions on the service. Open the Properties and go to the Security tab. Make sure your user account has sufficient permissions.

- If the service is set to manual, change it to automatic first before modifying other settings. Some manual services restrict changes.

- See if the service is currently running. Stop the service first before changing the startup type or restarting it.

- Disable UAC (User Account Control) temporarily to check if it is blocking changes. Make sure to re-enable UAC after testing.

- Use Microsoft's SC Config utility to configure the service. Open cmd as admin and type "sc config {service name} start= demand"

- In Registry Editor, navigate to HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\{service name} and check for access denied errors. Take ownership if needed.

- Run SFC and DISM scans to check for system file corruption that could cause issues with services.

- As a last resort, create a new user with admin privileges and see if the issue occurs for that account. Could be a corrupted user profile.