Windows Update Installation Error

Sérgio Antunes

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Oct 27, 2004, 6:00:50 AM10/27/04

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Hello There
I´m running windows xp, service pack 1 and i just formatted my machine and
still i cant get my windows update to work.
I starts installing
Update for Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) 2.0 and WinHTTP
5.1 (KB842773) but it fails all the time.
The log file on windows folder writes this:
[KB842773.log]
1.485:
============================================================================
====
1.485: 2004/10/26 14:15:21.906 (local)
1.485:
C:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\Download\e9b0377463edd4b6480f6148a1f88bac\up
date\update.exe (version 5.4.15.0)
1.485: Failed To Enable SE_BACKUP_PRIVILEGE
1.485: Setup encountered an error: You do not have permission to update
Windows XP.
Please contact your system administrator.
1.485: You do not have permission to update Windows XP.
Please contact your system administrator.
1.485: Update.exe extended error code = 0xf004
1.719:
============================================================================
====
1.719: 2004/10/27 10:26:35.953 (local)
1.734:
C:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\Download\e9b0377463edd4b6480f6148a1f88bac\up
date\update.exe (version 5.4.15.0)
1.734: Failed To Enable SE_BACKUP_PRIVILEGE
1.734: Setup encountered an error: You do not have permission to update
Windows XP.
Please contact your system administrator.
1.734: You do not have permission to update Windows XP.
Please contact your system administrator.
1.734: Update.exe extended error code = 0xf004
13.563:
============================================================================
====
13.563: 2004/10/27 10:38:21.359 (local)
13.563:
C:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\Download\e9b0377463edd4b6480f6148a1f88bac\up
date\update.exe (version 5.4.15.0)
13.563: Failed To Enable SE_BACKUP_PRIVILEGE
13.563: Setup encountered an error: You do not have permission to update
Windows XP.
Please contact your system administrator.
13.563: You do not have permission to update Windows XP.
Please contact your system administrator.
13.563: Update.exe extended error code = 0xf004

Can someone help me?
I´m admnistrator of my machine, and even if i log as domain adminsitrator it
still doesn´t work.

Thanks

Sérgio

Torgeir Bakken (MVP)

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Oct 27, 2004, 9:36:45 AM10/27/04

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Sérgio Antunes wrote:

> Hello There
> I´m running windows xp, service pack 1 and i just formatted my machine
> and still i cant get my windows update to work.
> I starts installing
> Update for Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) 2.0 and
> WinHTTP 5.1 (KB842773) but it fails all the time.
> The log file on windows folder writes this:
> [KB842773.log]
> 1.485:
> ==================================================================

> 1.485: 2004/10/26 14:15:21.906 (local)
> 1.485:
> C:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\Download\e9b0377463edd4b6480f6148a1f88bac

> \update\update.exe (version 5.4.15.0)

> 1.485: Failed To Enable SE_BACKUP_PRIVILEGE
> 1.485: Setup encountered an error: You do not have permission to update
> Windows XP.
> Please contact your system administrator.

> [snip]

>
> Can someone help me?
> I´m admnistrator of my machine, and even if i log as domain adminsitrator
> it still doesn´t work.

Hi

Start/Run --> SecPol.msc

Then go to
"Local Policies > User Rights Assignment"

Verify that the "Administrators" group is a member of the following
policies:

Back up files and directories
Debug programs
Manage auditing and security log
Restore files and directories
Take ownership of files or other objects

--
torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/default.mspx

Sérgio Antunes

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Oct 28, 2004, 4:00:35 AM10/28/04

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thanks
it worked out fine

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