Administrator rights is a requirement to run MBSA. This is listed in the
MBSA help file and the MBSA home page. There is no workaround for this.
The script will need to be run using Administrator rights in order for MBSA
to run.
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"aviz" <u56007@uwe> wrote in message
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> Hi all ,
> I am trying to write a vb script which will scan all hosts for missing
> vulnerabilities.
> The script works as expected as long as the user has Administrator rights.
> Here are the first lines of the script -
> Option Explicit
> Dim UpdateSession
> Dim UpdateServiceManager
> Set UpdateSession = CreateObject("Microsoft.Update.Session")
> Set UpdateServiceManager = CreateObject("Microsoft.Update.ServiceManager")
> Set UpdateService = UpdateServiceManager.AddScanPackageService("Offline
> Sync
> Service", "c:\wsusscn2.cab)
> .....
> The problem I identified is that if the script runs as non administrator
> user
> it fails on the last line.
> The error is - 0x46 - Permissions Denied.
> Is that make sense that offline scan is not available with a standard
> user?
> The following page explain the permissions needed for the WUA components ,
> but I cant find what related to offline scan.
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa387103(VS.85).aspx
> Thank you.
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