[Al0819]

I've had the exact same problem. Read all of thesuggested fixes. Nothing
seems to work. I agree that V5 of the Windows Update caused the problem. All
worked fine until it was instaqlled. Go Figure. And MS is not any help either.

"duke1064" wrote:

> I too am getting a 0x8DDD0002 Administrators error when trying to access
> Windows Update. My Windows Logon Account is an Administrator's account and I
> had no problems accessing Windows Update untill after Automatic Updates
> upgraded me to V5 of Windows Update. With V4 of Windows Update, it was
> smooth sailing, now I get this crap.
> I run Win XP Home with Service Pack 1 installed, SP2 has not arrived via
> Automatic Update. My Win XP was preinstalled on my system when I purchased
> it new. Any suggestions would be welcomed.

[Maurice N ~ MVP]

Did you "hide" Windows' system folder? or sub-folders? Restrict access to some volumes?
Or perhaps you are running some super-agressive security program?

See this thread on a Google archive, by Fierce1 from last February.

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Maurice N
MVP Windows - Shell / User
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Al0819 wrote:
> I've had the exact same problem. Read all of thesuggested fixes.
> Nothing seems to work. I agree that V5 of the Windows Update caused
> the problem. All worked fine until it was instaqlled. Go Figure. And
> MS is not any help either.
>
> "duke1064" wrote:
>
>> I too am getting a 0x8DDD0002 Administrators error when trying to
>> access Windows Update. My Windows Logon Account is an
>> Administrator's account and I had no problems accessing Windows
>> Update untill after Automatic Updates upgraded me to V5 of Windows
>> Update. With V4 of Windows Update, it was smooth sailing, now I get
>> this crap. I run Win XP Home with Service Pack 1 installed, SP2 has
>> not arrived via Automatic Update. My Win XP was preinstalled on my
>> system when I purchased it new. Any suggestions would be welcomed.

[Maurice N ~ MVP]

Forgot to put the links <sheesh>

http://tinyurl.com/96sqv

http://tinyurl.com/9qxna


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Maurice N
MVP Windows - Shell / User
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Maurice N ~ MVP wrote:
> Did you "hide" Windows' system folder? or sub-folders? Restrict
> access to some volumes?
> Or perhaps you are running some super-agressive security program?
>
> See this thread on a Google archive, by Fierce1 from last February.
>
>
> Al0819 wrote:
>> I've had the exact same problem. Read all of thesuggested fixes.
>> Nothing seems to work. I agree that V5 of the Windows Update caused
>> the problem. All worked fine until it was instaqlled. Go Figure. And
>> MS is not any help either.
>>
>> "duke1064" wrote:
>>
>>> I too am getting a 0x8DDD0002 Administrators error when trying to
>>> access Windows Update. My Windows Logon Account is an
>>> Administrator's account and I had no problems accessing Windows
>>> Update untill after Automatic Updates upgraded me to V5 of Windows
>>> Update. With V4 of Windows Update, it was smooth sailing, now I get
>>> this crap. I run Win XP Home with Service Pack 1 installed, SP2 has
>>> not arrived via Automatic Update. My Win XP was preinstalled on my
>>> system when I purchased it new. Any suggestions would be welcomed.