Re: October security patches...install failure

From: Tonyd22 (Tonyd22_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 10/27/04 

Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 07:31:12 -0700

I've verified that the account I'm using is in the local administrators
group, which has the rights to backup files and directories and the manage
auditing and security log. I am able to install the MS04-030,036,037 and 038
patches, but each time I try to install the MS04-031 and MS04-032 I get the
permission error message mentioned earlier. I looked at the log files stored
a c:\winnt for these 2 patches and there does not seem to be an entry
indicating the cause of the failure.

Thanks,

Tony

"Steven L Umbach" wrote:

> This can sometimes be caused by the administrator not having the correct
> user rights that have been modified from default levels. Look in the \winnt
> folder to see if there are any log files named after the patch number and
> those files may contain clues as to why the install failed. Also verify that
> you are indeed logged on as a local administrator. Sometimes the domain
> admins global group gets removed from the local administrators group. Open
> Local Security Policy and look under security settings/local policies/user
> rights and make sure that the administrators group is included in
> "effective" settings for backup files and directories and for manage
> auditing and security log. Not having those user rights often cause update
> installs to fail. --- Steve
>
>
> "Tonyd22" <Tonyd22@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:385D483B-B3CA-4320-A75D-125B8B483150@microsoft.com...
> >I tried to install the October security patches that were relevant to my
> > Windows 2000 SP4 server and despite the fact that I was logged in as the
> > local Administrator I received the following error message:
> >
> > You do not have permission to update Windows 2000.
> >
> > Does anyone have any ideas on this?
>
>
>

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