Re: Administrator Only message
From: Timothy Burt (google_at_timburt.com)
Date: 07/06/04
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Date: 5 Jul 2004 20:06:35 -0700
Same problem here. Been running win 2000 pro for years, and just this
weekend I discovered a handful of virus infections and some spyware on
this little used machine (no Outlook installed, and behind a Linux
firewall).
After cleaning up the viruses with Panda, and the spyware with the AOL
checker, I am left with a Windows update that refuses to run cause it
says I am not Administrator.
I think this may be part of a virus/exploit, intended to prohibit
windows updates.
I have been searching the newsgroups all weekend, and updating virus
defs daily. Panda has found a couple of new virii, each day, so I
think maybe in a week or two they will have a fix for this one...
Gonna boot up Knoppix now, until Microsoft figures this one out...
Renato <Renato@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:<40BD725F-0898-4B53-AF4B-51B55B68CB84@microsoft.com>...
> tried all your suggestions but with no positive result.
> I also tried to remove IE6 and reinstall, but it's the same.
> I've seen on another win2000prof workstation here, sp3
> that all is working properly : I thought it could be the
> antivirus sw(Trend Office Scan 3.54), but on the other
> workstation the windowsupdate works without problem
> with the same antivirus sw.
> I thought it was something related to the fact that I move
> from win98 2ed to win2000prof , but I did the same job on
> another machine here, with no problem and windowsupdate
> works there now.
> I don't know if the installation of VisualStudio .net 2003 Prof
> has changed something related to this problem : I had problems
> with this installation with the prerequisites ; I had to first manually
> install .net framework 1.1 and then proceed with the VS installation
> to complete the job; I know that VS update IE to IE6sp1, that was
> already installed before : maybe this other installation has altered something...
> I saw that for win2000sp4 there are a lot of protection update : is there
> any possibility to manually download and install what windowsupdate does
> automatically?
> Thanks,
> Renato
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> "Greig [MSFT]" wrote:
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> > Hello,
> >
> > Suggestion 1
> >
> > Follow the steps in the following KB article:
> > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;319585
> >
> > Suggestion 2
> >
> > Try Repairing Internet Explorer:
> > 1. Click Start, point to Settings, click Control Panel, and then
> > double-click Add/Remove Programs.
> > 2. Click "Microsoft Internet Explorer <version>" (where <version> is the
> > version of Internet Explorer that is installed), and then click
> > Change/Remove.
> > 3. Click Repair Internet Explorer, and then click OK.
> > 4. Click Yes to confirm the repair operation.
> > 5. Follow the on-screen instructions to repair Internet Explorer, and then
> > restart the computer when you are prompted.
> >
> > Suggestion 3
> >
> > This can also happened if an installed program is intercepting the Windows
> > Update process.
> > Here's a knowledge base article with a list of some known programs:
> > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;241234
> > For testing purposes you may try temporarily disabling any web
> > enhancement/accelerator/Antivirus programs before accessing the site.
> >
> > Greig [MSFT]
> >
> > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
> >
> > "Renato" <Renato@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:8B7EBE1D-9482-4144-ADA8-80C2E7819FCA@microsoft.com...
> > > Hi all,
> > > I'm getting the above error message when I try to launch
> > > the windows update from my workstation. The OS is Win2000 Prof
> > > sp4.IE version is 6 sp1. I already read the kb241234,316524 but
> > > I had not benefits from them. I also tried ,as some users suggested,
> > > to rename the Window Update directory. I tried to set the Internet
> > > protection level of IE to the lowest level(thinking of an ActiveX
> > > protection error) but nothing.
> > > My workstation user is a domain user and the user is part of the
> > > local Administrators group. We also tried to logon as Administror
> > > of the domain but with the same result : seems something wrong
> > > with the local policies, but which one?And in any case I didn't change
> > > them, so it's quite strange.
> > > It's maybe a problem of missing security patches , but I can't update
> > > so I don't know if this is the problem.
> > > Can anyone help me?
> > > Thanks in advance,
> > > Renato
> > >
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