0x800A0046 - Beyond the typical Microsoft Fixes, what else can we

Okay, Like every user on this thread, I've been getting the change your
security settings, Enable Userdata persistence - 0x800A0046 error on all but
one of my Windows 2000 Servers, these are not Domain Controllers.

I've read all the threads and have tried all the suggested Microsoft fixes.
I realized these fixes have worked for some people but they have not worked
for me. To recap:

Method 1: I am using the Administrator account as a Member Of only the
Administrators group and nothing else.

Method 2: I downloaded SC.exe that doesn't come builtin with Win2k from
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/reskit/win2000/ I got a "Success".

Method 3: Administrator and Service is already part of the Impersonate a
client after authentication policy. I even tried adding them again.

Method 4: The Automatic Updates Service is logging in fine as a Local System
account.

Method 5: I am not using any remote control software. I have direct console
access.

And finally yes, I've logged off, even rebooted the machine everytime.

I do however get the fuzzy Automatic Update globe with Windows logo icon on
the lower right hand side of the taskbar. W hen I place my mouse cursor over
it, it says "Updates are ready for your computer, click here to install your
updates" but disappears when I click on it. It will reappear after a little
while.

Right now, my work around is to access v4 Windows Update by clicking on "Use
Administrator options" on the left hand side and then Windows Update Catalog.

I really hope Microsoft doesn't ignore this and continue spitting out their
typical methods as the ultimate fixes for this issue since there are people
who've done them and still have non-working machiness because it is pretty
frustrating to think our servers are not being updated properly in light of
the Internet worms that have been in the news lately.

I'm having the same problem, except mine is a Domain Controller. I'll try
your workaround - thanks for the tip.

"Norm" wrote:

> Okay, Like every user on this thread, I've been getting the change your
> security settings, Enable Userdata persistence - 0x800A0046 error on all but
> one of my Windows 2000 Servers, these are not Domain Controllers.
>
> I've read all the threads and have tried all the suggested Microsoft fixes.
> I realized these fixes have worked for some people but they have not worked
> for me. To recap:
>
> Method 1: I am using the Administrator account as a Member Of only the
> Administrators group and nothing else.
>
> Method 2: I downloaded SC.exe that doesn't come builtin with Win2k from
> ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/reskit/win2000/ I got a "Success".
>
> Method 3: Administrator and Service is already part of the Impersonate a
> client after authentication policy. I even tried adding them again.
>
> Method 4: The Automatic Updates Service is logging in fine as a Local System
> account.
>
> Method 5: I am not using any remote control software. I have direct console
> access.
>
> And finally yes, I've logged off, even rebooted the machine everytime.
>
> I do however get the fuzzy Automatic Update globe with Windows logo icon on
> the lower right hand side of the taskbar. W hen I place my mouse cursor over
> it, it says "Updates are ready for your computer, click here to install your
> updates" but disappears when I click on it. It will reappear after a little
> while.
>
> Right now, my work around is to access v4 Windows Update by clicking on "Use
> Administrator options" on the left hand side and then Windows Update Catalog.
>
> I really hope Microsoft doesn't ignore this and continue spitting out their
> typical methods as the ultimate fixes for this issue since there are people
> who've done them and still have non-working machiness because it is pretty
> frustrating to think our servers are not being updated properly in light of
> the Internet worms that have been in the news lately.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

Hello, I am having the same trouble with no success in resolving. Have win2k
on a laptop. Not clear what to do and this is the only ref I found to the
issue.

Any helpfull added input would be appreciated

Hi -

Man, what a pain this problem is. The MS suggested fixes don't work for most
and any on-line info within various site forums is sketchy at best.

I was able to resolve this (luckily) on my XP Pro (SP2) desktop. My solution
was to uninstall and re-install SP2.

The other peculiar issues that I had along with this update problem was my
network connections did not show my LAN connection (or anything else) and
Windows Firewall (though I'm not using it) reported that the network stuff
was corrupted. Don't ask me how since I didn't notice it before however I am
betting it was after the original SP2 update. This seems to be another odd
issue out there that can't be explained.

The problem of both update and net connections still remained after
uninstall of SP2 so I could not update to SP2 again via Windows/MS update. I
had to get the file from our IS guy shipped on CD as part of our
subscription. After I installed SP2 again my network connections box
magically displayed my lan conenction and windows update started working.

The 2 seem to be interrelated in some way.

Hope this helps others.



"Norm" wrote:

> Okay, Like every user on this thread, I've been getting the change your
> security settings, Enable Userdata persistence - 0x800A0046 error on all but
> one of my Windows 2000 Servers, these are not Domain Controllers.
>
> I've read all the threads and have tried all the suggested Microsoft fixes.
> I realized these fixes have worked for some people but they have not worked
> for me. To recap:
>
> Method 1: I am using the Administrator account as a Member Of only the
> Administrators group and nothing else.
>
> Method 2: I downloaded SC.exe that doesn't come builtin with Win2k from
> ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/reskit/win2000/ I got a "Success".
>
> Method 3: Administrator and Service is already part of the Impersonate a
> client after authentication policy. I even tried adding them again.
>
> Method 4: The Automatic Updates Service is logging in fine as a Local System
> account.
>
> Method 5: I am not using any remote control software. I have direct console
> access.
>
> And finally yes, I've logged off, even rebooted the machine everytime.
>
> I do however get the fuzzy Automatic Update globe with Windows logo icon on
> the lower right hand side of the taskbar. W hen I place my mouse cursor over
> it, it says "Updates are ready for your computer, click here to install your
> updates" but disappears when I click on it. It will reappear after a little
> while.
>
> Right now, my work around is to access v4 Windows Update by clicking on "Use
> Administrator options" on the left hand side and then Windows Update Catalog.
>
> I really hope Microsoft doesn't ignore this and continue spitting out their
> typical methods as the ultimate fixes for this issue since there are people
> who've done them and still have non-working machiness because it is pretty
> frustrating to think our servers are not being updated properly in light of
> the Internet worms that have been in the news lately.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>