Windows Update - Admin problems

I tried using Windows Update i.e. the website to install Vista SP1 as the
standalone installer is a honkin' 450+ MB in size... so I hit the site, it
tells me to use IE instead of FireFox. Ok, I open it in IE and download some
ActiveX plugin.. then it tells me I need to be an Administrator. I AM an
administrator!! the only one!! tried it from a freshly-created Admin account
and no use there too. Since it's Home Basic, I can't access lusrmgr.msc. Can
anybody shed some light? Thanks for your time!

System: PAckard Bell EasyNote, Core Duo 2.2 with 1GB RAM, ATI Xpress 200M,
Vista Home Basic

Aditya Krishnan;668386 Wrote:
> I tried using Windows Update i.e. the website to install Vista SP1 as
> the
> standalone installer is a honkin' 450+ MB in size... so I hit the site,
> it
> tells me to use IE instead of FireFox. Ok, I open it in IE and download
> some
> ActiveX plugin.. then it tells me I need to be an Administrator. I AM
> an
> administrator!! the only one!! tried it from a freshly-created Admin
> account
> and no use there too. Since it's Home Basic, I can't access
> lusrmgr.msc. Can
> anybody shed some light? Thanks for your time!
>
> System: PAckard Bell EasyNote, Core Duo 2.2 with 1GB RAM, ATI Xpress
> 200M,
> Vista Home Basic

Hello.

Try this. Right click on the IE icon in the startup menu, then select
"run as administrator". This may solve your issue.


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Yes, I did try that. Only thing it did was screw up my system, but good.
Basically my broadband stopped working. Apps like uTorrent, Limewire, gTalk
and Skype worked fine, but I could not use Firefox or IE to actually access
any sites. Pinged a few major servers - strangely enough, everything replied
except microsoft.com. After a reboot, all ping gave me was a "General
Failure" error - even to localhost.

Did everything - reset my ADSL router, rebooted, reinstalled, called my ISP
and nothing worked until I did a System Restore. I guess I'll just wait until
it's released as a general update.