can't get windows update, error 0x8DDD0002

[dnear1]

I have a brand new XP Home SP3 install on an intel atom MB with 8gb SDD.
It's not on a domain and was a clean, fresh install.

when I try to do windows update, it seems to act like I'm not administrator,
but all of the options I checked for this error seem to indicate I am admin.
I've tried all of the items mentioned in the KB article, to no avail. Now
what?

I also got error messages stating that there was a problem creating the
pagefile. I checked and it shows a pagefile as being there. Using either
the custom or system managed results in the same message everytime I boot.
in fact, it stays at the'welcome' screen until I hit ctrl-alt-del, then it
loads into windows immediately. If I disable page file, it boots fine and no
longer gives me that message. Is there a minimum HDD size to use a page file?

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

After formatting the HDD and doing the clean install, did you take care of
everything on the following page before otherwise connecting the machine to
the internet or a network and before using a USB key that isn't brand-new or
hasn't been freshly formatted?

5 steps to help protect your new computer before you go online
http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/advanced/xppc.mspx
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
www.banthecheck.com

[dnear1]

The firewall is enabled. When I went to do the updates, it was also behind a
hardware firewall. At the point that I had this problem, it did not have any
USB devices used on it. Only the motherboard CD and the Windows CD.

I have since done a second wipe and reinstall, and got the same problems. I
have come to the conclusion that something about the 8gb drive is the
problem. It is an 8gb CF card in a Sata to CF adapter and windows sees it as
a removable disk and not a fixed disk. When I took the same system and used
a sata drive, these two problems do not exist, even if I started with an 8 gb
partition (With the rest of the drive unpartitioned).