Run service with different account

[Dan]

When you look at the services in XP, there is an option
for each service to run as the current account (default)
or to run as another account. I want the automatic update
feature/service to run as the administrator account but I
keep getting this error when I try to start the service:

Error 1079: The account specified for this service is
different from the account specified for other services
running in the same process.

What's going on here? Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

 

[David Jones]

Many system services group themselves together into the
svchost.exe process (multiple groups, hence why you see
multiple svchost.exe processes in Task Manager.)
All services in each group must use the same account,
hence why you see that message.

However, most system services (including automatic
updates) are not designed to be run as the Administrator
account. What is the reason you're trying to change this?

 

[Dan]

That makes sense to me. The problem is I don't want the
user to have admin rights to their machine but they need
admin rights to update windows. How do people get around
that? Thanks.