Perhaps a look at the contents of your WindowsUpdate.log file would help
diagnose the problem. Take note of the date and time prior to accessing
Microsoft Update. When you receive the access denied message, close the
Windows Update window and navigate to C:\Windows folder. Locate and open the
WindowsUpdate.log file (where WindowsUpdate is one word in the filename).
Copy the contents that reflect the date and time that you last accessed the
update site and paste those contents into a reply post here.



Regards,

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Patti MacLeod
Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User

"enicar" <enicar.1zdgfa@no-mx.gateway.localhost> wrote in message
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> Patti: Thanks. I followed another recommendation from Torgeir (entered
> the specific dlls for the update service) and that got auto update back
> in the registry. However, when I tried to run Microsoft Update after
> doing this, I was able to get into the scan, but then it converted to
> an access denied message. I managed to stop the auto update service in
> order to rename the Software Distribution folder "old," but I still got
> blocked from renaming because it is being used by another service (or
> least I'm surmising that's the case). Any further thoughts?
>
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