Windows Update Error 0x8007F004 (Insufficient Privilege)

From: Paul (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 10/13/04 

Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 08:32:36 -0700

I know it should not make a difference but try logging in
as the real administrator.

>-----Original Message-----
>When I tried to install Microsoft's latest patches (MS04-
029 through
>MS04-038) via Windows Update the process failed. I looked
in C:\WINNT\Windows
>Update.log and found the relevent entry, which listed
error 0x8007F004 and
>referred me to "...iuhist.xml for details...". However,
iuhist.xml didn't
>tell me much more -- just that it had actually failed
while trying to install
>the cummulative ie patch from MS04-038.
>
>So, I tried downloading the patches manually and applying
them, but got the
>error "You do not have permission to update Windows 2000.
Please contact your
>system administrator." However, I am currently logged
into Windows 2000 as a
>user who is in the Administrators group.
>
>Does anybody have any idea why I would get this kind of
error? or what I can
>do to try and install these patches? I already tried
reinstalling IESP1
>(which worked fine), deleting the Windows Update/WUTemp
folders and visiting
>Windows Update again. Nothing seems to be helping and I
am at a loss.
>.
>

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