Re: Windows Updates

From: Sharon (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 06/14/04 

Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 04:42:56 -0700

I checked the groups in Computer Management and I
actually have all the accounts set up as administrators.

If I go to start, IE6 and then from within IE6 I go to
Tools then Windows Update and it takes me to this link,
http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/en/default.asp

If I go to Windows Update on the start menu it prompts me
to run as and I pick a member that I know is an
Administrator, and it takes me to this link,
http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/en/default.asp
which is the same.

Thanks for your input!
Sharon
>-----Original Message-----
>Can you double-check that the account you are using is
in the
>Administrator's group. Use Computer Management (in
Control Panel > Admin
>Tools) to check group membership (double-click Groups
under Users and
>Groups). It is possible to have an account named
Administrator that is Not
>in the Administrator's group. I get the same error
message (Administrators
>only) when I run Windows Update from an account in the
Users group.
>
>When you "use IE 6" to access Windows Update, how do you
launch IE 6 ? Do
>you select IE 6 from the Start Menu ? If so, what URL
(web address) to you
>type in ? Or do you select Windows Update from the
Start Menu ? If so,
>what URL do you see in the Address bar ?
>
>
>"Sharon" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:1a90701c44ef7$7c692250$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>I have a pc with Windows XP Pro that refuses to allow me
>to do Windows updates. I am using IE 6 and every time I
>try to access the Update site it tells me "Your current
>security settings prohibit running activex controls on
>this page. As a result the page may not display
>correctly." I then click on okay and the message goes
>away. Then inside the browser window it comes up and
>says "Administrators only"! I have clicked on the link
>for troubleshooting and did everything that is suggested
>but I still cannot access any updates. I had McAfee
>Internet Security loaded at one point and am wondering if
>it made a change to a security setting somewhere that I
>am not finding.
>
>
>.
>

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