Cannot run any Windows Update updates anymore

Hi

I used to be able to install Windows updates right from the site, then all
of the sudden couldn't. They would always fail. When I finally investigated
the log file I found that it thought I was not an administrator. Since I was
signed in under an account with administrator status this didn't make sense,
but I forgot about it and waited a month for SP2 to come out. When trying to
install SP2 I got the following message right after the files unzipped
(downloaded the full network install): "You do not have permission to update
Windows XP. Please contact your system administrator." Unamused I logged on
locally and not on my domain as Administrator. When it still gave the same
wrror, I tried the following:

Added Administrator or made sure it was there to ALL local security rights.
YEs I got logging, backups, act as part of the OS, everything, and no I did
not add it to the Deny list anywhere...
Took ownership of EVERY file on my C drive, and also set rights for all of
them to full control for administrator (inherited both of these from the root
of the C drive to all others).
Tried in safe mode.
Also, I can view the security tab in the Event Viewer, and I AM signed on as
Administrator locally (which has not been renamed).

Now that the Windows Update site has been updated I tried again, and it
failed on the very first install it attempted to do which was: Update for
Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) 2.0 and WinHTTP 5.1
(KB842773). The error message in the log is the following: Error Code:
8007F004.

Now I'm out of resources. Anyone have any ideas??

If you have a broadband internet connection, go here to download Service
Pack 2 to your desktop. Simply click the Install button.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

Then you can burn it to a CD and distribute it to anyone in your family who
needs it. Same with your friends and neighbors.

Joe

"Paul G" <Paul > wrote in message
news:9130186E-3E7B-4BE7-A7FD-...
> Hi
>
> I used to be able to install Windows updates right from the site, then all
> of the sudden couldn't. They would always fail. When I finally
> investigated
> the log file I found that it thought I was not an administrator. Since I
> was
> signed in under an account with administrator status this didn't make
> sense,
> but I forgot about it and waited a month for SP2 to come out. When trying
> to
> install SP2 I got the following message right after the files unzipped
> (downloaded the full network install): "You do not have permission to
> update
> Windows XP. Please contact your system administrator." Unamused I logged
> on
> locally and not on my domain as Administrator. When it still gave the
> same
> wrror, I tried the following:
>
> Added Administrator or made sure it was there to ALL local security
> rights.
> YEs I got logging, backups, act as part of the OS, everything, and no I
> did
> not add it to the Deny list anywhere...
> Took ownership of EVERY file on my C drive, and also set rights for all of
> them to full control for administrator (inherited both of these from the
> root
> of the C drive to all others).
> Tried in safe mode.
> Also, I can view the security tab in the Event Viewer, and I AM signed on
> as
> Administrator locally (which has not been renamed).
>
> Now that the Windows Update site has been updated I tried again, and it
> failed on the very first install it attempted to do which was: Update for
> Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) 2.0 and WinHTTP 5.1
> (KB842773). The error message in the log is the following: Error Code:
> 8007F004.
>
> Now I'm out of resources. Anyone have any ideas??
>
>

I did download that. That's the issue. I can't install it for the reasone I
outlined. I can't install the network version (you link) or the express
install on the web site.

"Joe727" wrote:

> If you have a broadband internet connection, go here to download Service
> Pack 2 to your desktop. Simply click the Install button.
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
>
> Then you can burn it to a CD and distribute it to anyone in your family who
> needs it. Same with your friends and neighbors.
>
> Joe
>
> "Paul G" <Paul > wrote in message
> news:9130186E-3E7B-4BE7-A7FD-...
> > Hi
> >
> > I used to be able to install Windows updates right from the site, then all
> > of the sudden couldn't. They would always fail. When I finally
> > investigated
> > the log file I found that it thought I was not an administrator. Since I
> > was
> > signed in under an account with administrator status this didn't make
> > sense,
> > but I forgot about it and waited a month for SP2 to come out. When trying
> > to
> > install SP2 I got the following message right after the files unzipped
> > (downloaded the full network install): "You do not have permission to
> > update
> > Windows XP. Please contact your system administrator." Unamused I logged
> > on
> > locally and not on my domain as Administrator. When it still gave the
> > same
> > wrror, I tried the following:
> >
> > Added Administrator or made sure it was there to ALL local security
> > rights.
> > YEs I got logging, backups, act as part of the OS, everything, and no I
> > did
> > not add it to the Deny list anywhere...
> > Took ownership of EVERY file on my C drive, and also set rights for all of
> > them to full control for administrator (inherited both of these from the
> > root
> > of the C drive to all others).
> > Tried in safe mode.
> > Also, I can view the security tab in the Event Viewer, and I AM signed on
> > as
> > Administrator locally (which has not been renamed).
> >
> > Now that the Windows Update site has been updated I tried again, and it
> > failed on the very first install it attempted to do which was: Update for
> > Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) 2.0 and WinHTTP 5.1
> > (KB842773). The error message in the log is the following: Error Code:
> > 8007F004.
> >
> > Now I'm out of resources. Anyone have any ideas??
> >
> >
>
>
>