Windows Update wants me to be administrator ...

When I try to use Windows Update while running W2KP as Administrator, I
receive the following page of info after a brief blip showing the correct
update page:

To install items from Windows Update, you must be logged
on as an administrator or a member of the Administrators
group. If your computer is connected to a network, network
policy settings may also prevent you from completing this
procedure.

Note If you are running a Windows 2000 (except DataCenter),
Windows XP, or Windows Server 2003 operating system, you
can run the local administrator account on your computer without
having to log off and then log on again.

To run as ... etc etc

This all happened after a .NET Framework install or after a Power Point
Viewer 2003 install. I have used Window Update successfully in the past.

I have tried a number of approaches ... Is the MS Windows Update page down?

OK the problem is fixed.

My continuing efforts on this established that I needed a reinstall of the
security update KB828741.

Yes that's right ... a "reinstall". I know for a fact that I did have this
update on my PC a week or so ago.

Something knocked it out ... I've heard there are viri out there that want
to prevent acess to Windows Update ... maybe by trashing DCOM? That's what
KB828741 says it fixes security ..wise, by the way.

So, it was not the Powerpoint Viewer 2003 install (still on my PC) or the MS
..NET Framework (I did uninstall that ... maybe I give it a go again later).
H'mmm ... unless ... of course either of those installs trashes KB828741 in
the their setup process?

So in summary the fix appears as:

I just now re-installed the KB828741 security update and then immediately
went to Windows Update successfully without the WU webpage system telling me
I needed to be Administrator (c'mon ... the dialog was erroneous from my user
perspective ... we known we logged on as the built-in Administrator for W2KP).

No critial updates after the obligatory WU scan by the way. I usually try to
keep this PC up to date.

"scite" wrote:

> When I try to use Windows Update while running W2KP as Administrator, I
> receive the following page of info after a brief blip showing the correct
> update page:
>
> To install items from Windows Update, you must be logged
> on as an administrator or a member of the Administrators
> group. If your computer is connected to a network, network
> policy settings may also prevent you from completing this
> procedure.
>
> Note If you are running a Windows 2000 (except DataCenter),
> Windows XP, or Windows Server 2003 operating system, you
> can run the local administrator account on your computer without
> having to log off and then log on again.
>
> To run as ... etc etc
>
> This all happened after a .NET Framework install or after a Power Point
> Viewer 2003 install. I have used Window Update successfully in the past.
>
> I have tried a number of approaches ... Is the MS Windows Update page down?
>