Re: Administrator Rights?

[Marco Peccianti <pecciant () cli di unipi it>]

Hi to all.

dmorrow5 () satx rr com wrote:
> I'd like to think I'm somewhat computer savvy, but this one escapes
> me...running XP, trying to run Windows Update. All but one or two
> updates will fail. I've done some research that suggested a necessary
> service may not have started, but this is not the case. When looking
> at the user account, they are designated as Administrator. However,
> Windows Update says it won't install the updates unless it's
> accomplished by an administrator. Any suggestions?

Well, it sounds a bit strange but...

Is it possible that the updates are scheduled few hours in the future, 
expecially if the patch requires a reboot?
I'm running now SUS server to deploying patches, and my clients 
downloads every patch, but the real installation is postponed for some 
time. I've tracked this in the event logs, but these appeared only some 
times after the download, and some reboot. The official cause (maybe... 
the documentation isn't really clear) was that there wasn't an 
administrator doing these operation. I spent some time to realize that 
everything is ok. Look also at the file C:\windows\WindowsUpdate.log 
(probably you already done it ;-). Try to wayt for a day and recheck the 
logs.
I never had this problem with the standard WindowsUpdate, but... i hope 
this helps.

Bya,

Marco Peccianti