Re: 0x800A0046 error

From: Andrew Meinert (Meinert_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 08/10/04 

Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 10:11:02 -0700

David,

I've already performed those steps (removed from all local accounts but
administrators - I was not in guest but was in regular users in addition to
administrators). I'm still getting the error, both as a domain admin and
local admin.

"David Herman .:MVP:." wrote:

> Justin, and others.
>
> Can you please try the following?
>
> Remove the user account experiencing difficulty from the Guests or Limited
> user account
> 1. Click Start.
> 2. Click Settings.
> 3. Click Control Panel.
> 4. Select Administrative Tools.
> 5. Choose Computer Management.
> 6. Expand Local Users and Groups.
> 7. Select Users.
> 8. Open the account used to access Windows Update.
> 9. Click the Member Of tab.
> 10. Highlight the user account you want to remove and click Remove.
>
> Please note, the user has to be an Administrator to use Windows Update.
>
> -David Herman
>
> "Justin Russell" <Justin Russell@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:66287B2C-6239-4A46-960D-19E8A1A3488A@microsoft.com...
> >I just updated Windows XP SP1 to SP2 and I got this error upon accessing
> > Windows Update. I've tried the other fixes on the site but to no avail.
> > Any
> > help would be appriciated.
>
>
>

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