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Windows XP SP2 and Office 2007 need a combined total of 24 updates. Windows
Update is configured to notify but not automatically install updates. When I
attempt to download and install any one or all of the listed updates, the
error message in the subject line appears. There is no error number. Checking
Update History merely tells me that no updates have been installed since the
problem appeared. An error code does appear in c:\windows\WindowsUpdate.log
(don't have access to it where I am now). By searching on the error code in
WindowsUpdate.log, I found in another XP-related newsgroup that others were
having the same exact problem with Microsoft Update. Problem may be related
to absence of a key called senselogon from the Windows registry. In any case,
it seems to be related to the fact that the Updater is asking if the user
logged in is an administrator and is not getting a proper answer. Using
automatic updates circumvents this, because the check is not made. Is there
any known fix for this besides setting the update to occur automatically
(that does appear to solve it)? The reason I do not want to automatically
install updates is that doing so seems to reset a lot of my system software
configuration settings, which costs me a lot of time and trouble to revert
back to my preferred settings. Thanks.

Hello Walt,

Try Dial-a-Fix

http://www.microsoft.com/communities...2-caf563880e71

Let us know how it works ºut.
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"Walt K" wrote:

> Windows XP SP2 and Office 2007 need a combined total of 24 updates. Windows
> Update is configured to notify but not automatically install updates. When I
> attempt to download and install any one or all of the listed updates, the
> error message in the subject line appears. There is no error number. Checking
> Update History merely tells me that no updates have been installed since the
> problem appeared. An error code does appear in c:\windows\WindowsUpdate.log
> (don't have access to it where I am now). By searching on the error code in
> WindowsUpdate.log, I found in another XP-related newsgroup that others were
> having the same exact problem with Microsoft Update. Problem may be related
> to absence of a key called senselogon from the Windows registry. In any case,
> it seems to be related to the fact that the Updater is asking if the user
> logged in is an administrator and is not getting a proper answer. Using
> automatic updates circumvents this, because the check is not made. Is there
> any known fix for this besides setting the update to occur automatically
> (that does appear to solve it)? The reason I do not want to automatically
> install updates is that doing so seems to reset a lot of my system software
> configuration settings, which costs me a lot of time and trouble to revert
> back to my preferred settings. Thanks.