SP2 & Windows critical updated

[Sherry]

Hello_
I have Win XP Home and have installed SP2 from disk and
have had no problems until I tried to check for further
critical updates online. I have tried several times and
am getting an error message saying
--You need to be a member of the administrator group--
(Error 0X8DDD0002)

Well thats all well and good but the problem is that I am
the Administrator/Owner/User of this computer and have
administrator rights to perform all other functions as
normal. Eg: make changes in regedit-msconfig/Services
ect...

I am extreemly frustrated by this as I thought by doing a
format and clean install on my computer, I might avoid
the plethera of problems that others seem to be having.
LOL Guess not!!!

Any guidence on this matter gratefully received as it
would be nice to wrestle back the ownership of MY
computer from the all emcompassing hold that XP appears
to grab at every opportunity.

Kind regards Sherry

[SeaOtter]

Try here:
http://www.talkaboutsoftware.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsupdate/messages/121456.html

"Sherry" wrote:

> Hello_
> I have Win XP Home and have installed SP2 from disk and
> have had no problems until I tried to check for further
> critical updates online. I have tried several times and
> am getting an error message saying
> --You need to be a member of the administrator group--
> (Error 0X8DDD0002)
>
> Well thats all well and good but the problem is that I am
> the Administrator/Owner/User of this computer and have
> administrator rights to perform all other functions as
> normal. Eg: make changes in regedit-msconfig/Services
> ect...
>
> I am extreemly frustrated by this as I thought by doing a
> format and clean install on my computer, I might avoid
> the plethera of problems that others seem to be having.
> LOL Guess not!!!
>
> Any guidence on this matter gratefully received as it
> would be nice to wrestle back the ownership of MY
> computer from the all emcompassing hold that XP appears
> to grab at every opportunity.
>
> Kind regards Sherry
>

>-----Original Message-----
>Try here:
>http://www.talkaboutsoftware.com/group/microsoft.public.w
indowsupdate/messages/121456.html
>
>"Sherry" wrote:
>
>> Hello_
>> I have Win XP Home and have installed SP2 from disk
and
>> have had no problems until I tried to check for
further
>> critical updates online. I have tried several times
and
>> am getting an error message saying
>> --You need to be a member of the administrator group--
>> (Error 0X8DDD0002)
>>
>> Well thats all well and good but the problem is that I
am
>> the Administrator/Owner/User of this computer and have
>> administrator rights to perform all other functions as
>> normal. Eg: make changes in regedit-msconfig/Services
>> ect...
>>
>> I am extreemly frustrated by this as I thought by
doing a
>> format and clean install on my computer, I might avoid
>> the plethera of problems that others seem to be
having.
>> LOL Guess not!!!
>>
>> Any guidence on this matter gratefully received as it
>> would be nice to wrestle back the ownership of MY
>> computer from the all emcompassing hold that XP
appears
>> to grab at every opportunity.
>>
>> Kind regards Sherry
>>
>.
>Thanks for you advice.
Followed the link
Followed the advice.
Followed by the same old message.
My Admin rights are still in the clutches of Win XP SP2
The way Microsoft is going with its determined dominance
over the end users PC is paramount to hyjacking I
beleive. Despite my healthy respect for MS and my
continued fully licensed compliance of many of their
products: I find myself contemplating alternatives.
I have post to Microsoft and await yet another response.
What happened to the day when beta testers got paid to
iron out the bugs. When did the end user become employee
of Microsoft.

Come on guys. I know you read these posts. If we sat for
your certification tests and had so many bugs-- we would
definately be failed.

Dribble Dribble I know But it just isn't right!

Thanks for your attemp to help. Will post agin if I make
any progress.
Meanwhile I will use another PC to do my online work that
has not got SP2 on it until it is sorted. I feel sorry
for all those that do not have that option though.
Cheers Sherry

[Bob Milton]

Sherry,
Do you happen to have another firewall installed? I used to have Sygate
personal and it BLOCKED the windows update site! Removing it made everything
work fine again.
Bob

> wrote in message
...
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Try here:
>>http://www.talkaboutsoftware.com/group/microsoft.public.w
> indowsupdate/messages/121456.html
>>
>>"Sherry" wrote:
>>
>>> Hello_
>>> I have Win XP Home and have installed SP2 from disk
> and
>>> have had no problems until I tried to check for
> further
>>> critical updates online. I have tried several times
> and
>>> am getting an error message saying
>>> --You need to be a member of the administrator group--
>>> (Error 0X8DDD0002)
>>>
>>> Well thats all well and good but the problem is that I
> am
>>> the Administrator/Owner/User of this computer and have
>>> administrator rights to perform all other functions as
>>> normal. Eg: make changes in regedit-msconfig/Services
>>> ect...
>>>
>>> I am extreemly frustrated by this as I thought by
> doing a
>>> format and clean install on my computer, I might avoid
>>> the plethera of problems that others seem to be
> having.
>>> LOL Guess not!!!
>>>
>>> Any guidence on this matter gratefully received as it
>>> would be nice to wrestle back the ownership of MY
>>> computer from the all emcompassing hold that XP
> appears
>>> to grab at every opportunity.
>>>
>>> Kind regards Sherry
>>>
>>.
>>Thanks for you advice.
> Followed the link
> Followed the advice.
> Followed by the same old message.
> My Admin rights are still in the clutches of Win XP SP2
> The way Microsoft is going with its determined dominance
> over the end users PC is paramount to hyjacking I
> beleive. Despite my healthy respect for MS and my
> continued fully licensed compliance of many of their
> products: I find myself contemplating alternatives.
> I have post to Microsoft and await yet another response.
> What happened to the day when beta testers got paid to
> iron out the bugs. When did the end user become employee
> of Microsoft.
>
> Come on guys. I know you read these posts. If we sat for
> your certification tests and had so many bugs-- we would
> definately be failed.
>
> Dribble Dribble I know But it just isn't right!
>
> Thanks for your attemp to help. Will post agin if I make
> any progress.
> Meanwhile I will use another PC to do my online work that
> has not got SP2 on it until it is sorted. I feel sorry
> for all those that do not have that option though.
> Cheers Sherry
>
>
>

>-----Original Message-----
>Sherry,
> Do you happen to have another firewall installed? I
used to have Sygate
>personal and it BLOCKED the windows update site!
Removing it made everything
>work fine again.
> Bob
>
> wrote in message
...
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>Try here:
>>>http://www.talkaboutsoftware.com/group/microsoft.public
..w
>> indowsupdate/messages/121456.html
>>>
>>>"Sherry" wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello_
>>>> I have Win XP Home and have installed SP2 from disk
>> and
>>>> have had no problems until I tried to check for
>> further
>>>> critical updates online. I have tried several times
>> and
>>>> am getting an error message saying
>>>> --You need to be a member of the administrator group-
-
>>>> (Error 0X8DDD0002)
>>>>
>>>> Well thats all well and good but the problem is that
I
>> am
>>>> the Administrator/Owner/User of this computer and
have
>>>> administrator rights to perform all other functions
as
>>>> normal. Eg: make changes in regedit-msconfig/Services
>>>> ect...
>>>>
>>>> I am extreemly frustrated by this as I thought by
>> doing a
>>>> format and clean install on my computer, I might
avoid
>>>> the plethera of problems that others seem to be
>> having.
>>>> LOL Guess not!!!
>>>>
>>>> Any guidence on this matter gratefully received as it
>>>> would be nice to wrestle back the ownership of MY
>>>> computer from the all emcompassing hold that XP
>> appears
>>>> to grab at every opportunity.
>>>>
>>>> Kind regards Sherry
>>>>
>>>.
>>>Thanks for you advice.
>> Followed the link
>> Followed the advice.
>> Followed by the same old message.
>> My Admin rights are still in the clutches of Win XP SP2
>> The way Microsoft is going with its determined
dominance
>> over the end users PC is paramount to hyjacking I
>> beleive. Despite my healthy respect for MS and my
>> continued fully licensed compliance of many of their
>> products: I find myself contemplating alternatives.
>> I have post to Microsoft and await yet another
response.
>> What happened to the day when beta testers got paid to
>> iron out the bugs. When did the end user become
employee
>> of Microsoft.
>>
>> Come on guys. I know you read these posts. If we sat
for
>> your certification tests and had so many bugs-- we
would
>> definately be failed.
>>
>> Dribble Dribble I know But it just isn't right!
>>
>> Thanks for your attemp to help. Will post agin if I
make
>> any progress.
>> Meanwhile I will use another PC to do my online work
that
>> has not got SP2 on it until it is sorted. I feel sorry
>> for all those that do not have that option though.
>> Cheers Sherry
>>
>>Hi BOB
Well Yes I do and unfortunately disabling NIS and
Windows Firewalls still returns the same error.

Thanks anyway!
Better keep on with me beta testing I suppose

Still no response from Microsoft regarding this issue
Incident No.SRZ041........

Sherry
>>
>
>
>.
>

[Rock]

Sherry wrote:

> Hello_
> I have Win XP Home and have installed SP2 from disk and
> have had no problems until I tried to check for further
> critical updates online. I have tried several times and
> am getting an error message saying
> --You need to be a member of the administrator group--
> (Error 0X8DDD0002)
>
> Well thats all well and good but the problem is that I am
> the Administrator/Owner/User of this computer and have
> administrator rights to perform all other functions as
> normal. Eg: make changes in regedit-msconfig/Services
> ect...
>
> I am extreemly frustrated by this as I thought by doing a
> format and clean install on my computer, I might avoid
> the plethera of problems that others seem to be having.
> LOL Guess not!!!
>
> Any guidence on this matter gratefully received as it
> would be nice to wrestle back the ownership of MY
> computer from the all emcompassing hold that XP appears
> to grab at every opportunity.
>
> Kind regards Sherry

See these windows update troubleshooters:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/wufix.htm
http://v5.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/v5Consumer/troubleshoot.aspx?ln=en

Also you can post a message to the experts in the Windows Update Newsgroup
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windowsupdate

>-----Original Message-----
>Sherry wrote:
>
>> Hello_
>> I have Win XP Home and have installed SP2 from disk
and
>> have had no problems until I tried to check for
further
>> critical updates online. I have tried several times
and
>> am getting an error message saying
>> --You need to be a member of the administrator group--
>> (Error 0X8DDD0002)
>>
>> Well thats all well and good but the problem is that I
am
>> the Administrator/Owner/User of this computer and have
>> administrator rights to perform all other functions as
>> normal. Eg: make changes in regedit-msconfig/Services
>> ect...
>>
>> I am extreemly frustrated by this as I thought by
doing a
>> format and clean install on my computer, I might avoid
>> the plethera of problems that others seem to be
having.
>> LOL Guess not!!!
>>
>> Any guidence on this matter gratefully received as it
>> would be nice to wrestle back the ownership of MY
>> computer from the all emcompassing hold that XP
appears
>> to grab at every opportunity.
>>
>> Kind regards Sherry
>
>See these windows update troubleshooters:
>http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/wufix.htm
>http://v5.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/v5Consumer/troubles
hoot.aspx?ln=en
>
>Also you can post a message to the experts in the
Windows Update Newsgroup
>news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windowsupdat
e
>
>.Thank you Rock.
Taken under advisement and will try your suggestions soon
I will post results here if I have any success. Thank you

Cheers Sherry
>