Unable to update XP-SP2 Home

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I have been attempting to update XP home edition, but it keeps giving me an
error (
Error number: 0x8DDD0002) saying I need to be an admin??!!! I'm the only
one who uses this PC and I am not the admin, even though the User Accounts
control pannel applet says I am???!!!???

I need one of two solutions here:
1) A way to force the site to acknowlede that I AM AN ADMIN!
or
2) A way to promote myself to the admin level.

In case it helps (I doubt it), here's the windowsupdate.log file for my
recent "attempts":
2005-12-27 18:41:42 2604 a30 Misc =========== Logging initialized (build:
5.8.0.2469, tz: -0500) ===========
2005-12-27 18:41:42 2604 a30 Misc = Process: C:\Program Files\Internet
Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
2005-12-27 18:41:42 2604 a30 Misc = Module: C:\WINDOWS\system32\wuweb.dll
2005-12-27 18:41:42 2604 a30 WUWeb FATAL: CheckIfClientUpdateNeeded failed:
error 0x80070005
2005-12-27 18:46:31-0500 956 3ac Out of proc datastore is shutting down
2005-12-27 18:46:32-0500 956 3ac Out of proc datastore is now inactive
2005-12-27 18:55:58-0500 800 324 Service received SERVICE_CONTROL_STOP
control
2005-12-27 18:55:58-0500 800 78c Exiting Service Main
2005-12-27 18:55:59-0500 3736 e9c Trying to make out of proc datastore active
2005-12-27 18:56:00-0500 3736 e9c Out of proc datastore is now active
2005-12-27 18:56:00-0500 3736 e9c Out of proc datastore is shutting down
2005-12-27 18:56:00-0500 800 78c WUAUENG ServiceMain exits. Exit code is
0x240001
2005-12-27 18:56:02-0500 3736 e9c Out of proc datastore is now inactive
2005-12-27 18:56:02-0500 3724 e90 ChangeServiceConfig for wuauserv succeeded
2005-12-27 18:59:04-0500 800 ff8 Service Main starts
2005-12-27 18:59:04-0500 800 ff8 Using BatchFlushAge = 28081.
2005-12-27 18:59:04-0500 800 ff8 Using SamplingValue = 422.
2005-12-27 18:59:04-0500 800 ff8 Successfully loaded event namespace
dictionary.
2005-12-27 18:59:04-0500 800 ff8 Successfully loaded client event namespace
descriptor.
2005-12-27 18:59:04-0500 800 ff8 Successfully initialized local event
logger. Events will be logged at
C:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\ReportingEvents.log.
2005-12-27 18:59:04-0500 800 ff8 Successfully initialized NT event logger.
2005-12-27 18:59:04-0500 800 ff8 Successfully initialized event uploader 0.
2005-12-27 18:59:04-0500 800 ff8 Reopened existing event cache file at
C:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\EventCache\{873E790C-9907-40D0-8456-A7E656527F09}.bin for writing.
2005-12-27 18:59:04-0500 800 ff8 Successfully initialized event uploader 1.
2005-12-27 18:59:04-0500 800 ff8 WU client with version 5.4.3790.2182
successfully initialized
2005-12-27 18:59:04-0500 800 ff8 Service status is now SERVICE_RUNNING
2005-12-27 18:59:04-0500 800 ff8 Cleared the proxy cache.
2005-12-27 18:59:05-0500 188 764 Trying to make out of proc datastore active
2005-12-27 18:59:05-0500 188 764 Out of proc datastore is now active
2005-12-27 18:59:05-0500 800 b4 Client Call Recorder finished delayed
initialization
2005-12-27 18:59:05-0500 800 274 WU client succeeds
CClientCallRecorder::EnumerateService
2005-12-27 18:59:08-0500 800 274 WU client succeeds
CClientCallRecorder::EnumerateService
2005-12-27 18:59:17 3928 f5c Misc =========== Logging initialized (build:
5.8.0.2469, tz: -0500) ===========
2005-12-27 18:59:17 3928 f5c Misc = Process: C:\Program Files\Internet
Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
2005-12-27 18:59:17 3928 f5c Misc = Module: C:\WINDOWS\system32\wuweb.dll
2005-12-27 18:59:17 3928 f5c WUWeb FATAL: CheckIfClientUpdateNeeded failed:
error 0x80070005
2005-12-27 18:59:49-0500 800 ff8 start delayed initialization of WU client
2005-12-27 18:59:49-0500 800 ff8 Setting AU scheduled install time to
2005-12-28 01:00:00
2005-12-27 18:59:49-0500 800 ff8 AU finished delayed initialization
2005-12-27 19:03:50-0500 800 b4 WU client succeeds
CClientCallRecorder::EnumerateService
2005-12-27 19:03:56 3928 f5c WUWeb FATAL: CheckIfClientUpdateNeeded failed:
error 0x80070005
2005-12-27 19:04:21-0500 800 280 WU client succeeds
CClientCallRecorder::EnumerateService
2005-12-27 19:04:23-0500 800 280 WU client succeeds
CClientCallRecorder::EnumerateService
2005-12-27 19:04:28 3928 f5c WUWeb FATAL: CheckIfClientUpdateNeeded failed:
error 0x80070005


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