Software Update & Accounts

Hi everyone,
Sorry for my english but I don't speak english well. This is my problem... If I use my PowerBook with Admin Account, Software Update works fine but if I use my mac with a Normal User Account Software Update doesn't work. I have set up it to control updates every day but it doesn't control every day. I've alreay delete com.apple.softwareupdate.plist in Macintosh Hd/Library/Preferences and then to set up again Software Update but nothing changes. What can I do?
Thanks!

Apple's security configuration guidelines for OS X
10.4 are that all users who need to have an admin
account use it only for tasks that really need it, to
use a non-admin account for everyday use, and to keep
the Admin account logged off when not using it.
Many users ignore this guideline and unnecessarily
run all the time in an admin account. But I think it
is important to follow the guideline; it does make
one's computer more secure against exploits, for
reasons explained in many other threads. But this
tends to be a religious issue on the forums and I
won't get into it any further in this thread.
As for your original question, no, Software Update
will not automatically check and notify you of
updates if you run in a non-admin account. It has to
be run manually. I'm in the habit of doing it every
other day or so; it's a quick trip up to the Apple
menu.
Ok. But I'm the same person who use a normal account or an admin-account. So, for examle, if I had to repair permission in a normal account OSX ask me for admin user and password... at this point is the same thing use an admin-account. Or not? The same for install application...

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