Re: W2K Windows Update no longers works - 0x800A0046

You removed everything but Administrator?? I didn't remove any groups. I left
them all where they were. And, when I did the sc security descriptor, I got
the message that sc was not valid. It did not work at all for me.
It is odd that what works for one, does not work for another. Most
interesting.
Kay

"Randy" wrote:

> Okay, here is what I did to resolve my issue in Windows 2000 SP4.
>
> I visited this link:
> http://update.microsoft.com/windowsupdate/v6/showarticle.aspx?articleid=20&ln=en that Torgeir Bakken supplied for me.
>
> I originally said the following:
> 1. Doesn't have this setting in Windows 2000 SP4.
> 2. Running this command does nothing.
> 3. Doesn't apply to Windows 2000 SP4.
>
> I typed the above answers from memory, so it was no wonder I was incorrect
> with my recollection from memory.
>
> Here are the steps I performed with respects to the support link above.
> 1. The workstations already had 'Service and Administrator' were part of
> "Impersonate a client after authentication" security policy. So this one
> didn't work.
>
> 2. I downloaded the 'SC' security descriptor from the provided link by
> Torgeir Bakken. Once I copied the 'SC' application to the root of the c: and
> typed the long commands I was greeted with the following:
> SetServiceObjectSecurity SUCCESS.
>
> I then attempted to try the Windows Update site again, no luck, still 'Error
> number: 0x800A0046'.
>
> 3. I went to the Local User Account settings and went to the 'Member Of'
> tab and noticed the account was a member of the following groups:
> Administrators, Backup Operators, Guests, Power Users, Replicator and Users.
> I removed everyone but 'Administrators' from this Local User Account.
>
> I then attempted to try the Windows Update site again, no luck, still 'Error
> number: 0x800A0046'.
>
> So I decided to restart the workstation and voila Windows Update worked
> again and let me download the updates from the site and it also automatically
> downloaded critcal updates.
>
> I decided to go one step further to determine if step 2 or step 3 combined
> fixed the issue or if it was just step 2 or step 3 separately. I picked a
> couple of different workstations and upon testing step 2 by itself and the
> 'Error number: 0x800A0046' was still present. I restarted the workstation to
> see if the restart fixed step 2 and it didn't.
>
> I then tested step 3 by itself and the 'Error number: 0x800A0046' was still
> present. I followed logic and restarted the workstation. The Windows Update
> worked again and let me download the updates from the site and it also
> automatically downloaded critcal updates.
>
> So, from my testing, I concluded that step 3 was the real solution by
> removing all the groups but 'Administrator'. You can probably just remove
> 'Guests' and 'Users' and get the same result.
>
> I will be venturing ahead and performing just step 3 to fix the issue I am
> experiencing with 'Error number: 0x800A0046' on Windows 2000 SP4.
>
> Thank you for all the suggestions and assistance.
> Randy
.

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