Re: W2K Windows Update no longers works - 0x800A0046

Error 0x800A0046

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=883821
You may receive an error message when you search for available updates on the Windows Update Web site

http://www.updatexp.com/0x800a0046.html
What causes Error 0x800a0046

When searching for available updates on the Windows Update site, you receive the 0x800A0046 error.
This error can occur if the user logon account is part of the Guests account or a limited-user account, if the security descriptor does not allow have the Authenticated Users to run Windows Update, or if the Impersonate a client after authentication policy is missing Service and Administrators from the Users and Groups list.
http://v5.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/v5consumer/showarticle.aspx?articleid=20&ln=en

http://update.microsoft.com/windowsupdate/v6/showarticle.aspx?articleid=20&ln=en&IsMu=False|
When searching for available updates on the Update site, you receive the 0x800A0046 error.


"Dave" <KingOfTheBeach@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23HkX47DlFHA.1948@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
I'm not sure when my windows update started failing, but I think it was when
the window updated client on my Windows 2000 box was updated to a newer
version.   After it was updated, not only does the windows update client on
my PC not work, but when I go to the windows update web site for updates I
press custom on the updates page and I get error 0x800A0046.  So I now can
not update my machine at all.

Has anyone else experienced anything like this ?






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