Re: 0x800A0046 error

From: David Herman .:MVP:. (d.herman_at_mvps.org_NOSPAM)
Date: 08/10/04 

Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 18:53:09 +0100

Can you please post ~15 lines of the WindowsUpdate.log file found in your
Windows directory?

Many thanks,

-David Herman

"Andrew Meinert" <Andrew Meinert@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E17A8F7B-5B79-4D61-AE35-404CE4FEC784@microsoft.com...
> 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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