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Failing updates
LockedHi everyone
I have been trying to install the latest OS updates without success. The OS’s affected are Win2000 and WinXP.
When I run WindowsUpdates the validation tool successfully downloads and installs. After it has run I am taken back to WU and the remainder of the updates are downloaded successfully.
One of these, the malicious software removal tool, installs without any problems. The remainder however, all fail to install.
Following the information on the site, all the failed updates report error code 0x8007F004.
Following up on this, I have discovered that this error code can be generated if the logged in user does not have sufficient rights to install the updates. However, all updates were able to be installed previously when I was logged in.
I apply Group Policy from our 2003 (standard) server. All the machines are located in a single domain with a single domain controller. I was wondering if group policy may be affecting this as I have only recently started applying it. I have added the Administrator group to the ‘Manage auditing and security log’ and ‘Back up files and directories’ in User Rights Assignment based on a similar issue I discovered here: http://www.anetforums.com/posts.aspx?ThreadIndex=28944
Is there anything else anyone can think of that I can try please?