Windows Update not working - Various Errors

[Maligulack@discussions.microsoft.com G. Maligulack]

Here is the relevant portion of the WindowsUpdate.log file:

2004-08-26 16:08:04-0400 896 660 REPORT EVENT:
{DB7A6D85-85FF-4351-8456-2DBF1BF2F6A6} 38 2004-08-26
16:07:59-0400 1 147 101 {00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000} 0 0 WindowsUpdate Success Software Synchronization Agent has finished detecting items.
2004-08-26 16:08:04-0400 896 b30 WU client succeeds
CClientCallRecorder::BeginInstallUpdates from WindowsUpdate with call id
{8D6AE8BE-9BCC-41F8-8E9E-531F75D291CC}
2004-08-26 16:08:04-0400 896 660 WU client executing call
{8D6AE8BE-9BCC-41F8-8E9E-531F75D291CC} of type Install call
2004-08-26 16:08:04-0400 896 660 validate updates before Install
2004-08-26 16:08:05-0400 896 660 prune update list before Install
2004-08-26 16:08:05-0400 896 660 GetUserTokenFromSessionId failed with hr
0x800706bb
2004-08-26 16:08:05-0400 896 660 WU client failed installing updates with
error 0x80240020
2004-08-26 16:08:05-0400 896 660 WU client calls back to install call
{8D6AE8BE-9BCC-41F8-8E9E-531F75D291CC} with code Call failed and error
0x80240020
2004-08-26 16:08:05-0400 896 660 WU client completed and deleted call
{8D6AE8BE-9BCC-41F8-8E9E-531F75D291CC}
2004-08-26 16:08:05-0400 348 f50 Operation completed due to earlier error.
(hr=80240020)
2004-08-26 16:08:05-0400 896 4d8 ISusInternal API failed
CClientCallRecorder::DisconnectCall with error 0x8024000c
2004-08-26 16:08:05-0400 348 f50 ISusInternal::DisconnectCall failed,
hr=8024000C
2004-08-26 16:08:32-0400 896 b30 ISusInternal API failed
CClientCallRecorder::DisconnectCall with error 0x8024000c
2004-08-26 16:08:32-0400 348 f50 ISusInternal::DisconnectCall failed,
hr=8024000C

I have tried the "proxycfg -d" even though I'm not behind a proxy server...

I have tried stopping and restarting the wuauserv service...

I have deleted and reinstalled the wuauserv service...

I have cleared the cache on my browser about a hundred times...

I have rebooted fifteen times..

This is when trying to install Service Pack 2

[Maligulack@discussions.microsoft.com G. Maligulack]

Okay...so I go away for an hour or so...I come back...and it starts the
install without error?

No reboot...no nothing...what gives?

The words "gift horse" and "mouth" come to mind...

I'll repost upon completion just to verify that it actually worked