Software Update App won't connect via Airport

In my main admin account, the Software Update App will not connect to the network over Airport. It will connect using a wired connection and will connect from a different account. It seems that something in this admin account is broken, but I cannot find a solution. I have upgraded to OS X 10.5.1(Archive and Install) and have installed all the latest updates via the wired connection. Everything else including Safari, Mail, and iChat seem to work fine. I cannot find any solution in the discussions for this particular problem. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I ran Disk Utility and repaired permissions with the following results:
1/24/08 6:23:15 PM Disk Utility[362] Warning: SUID file "usr/libexec/load_hdi" has been modified and will not be repaired.
1/24/08 6:23:15 PM Disk Utility[362] Warning: SUID file "System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/DiskManagement.framework/Versions/A/Resources /DiskManagementTool" has been modified and will not be repaired.
1/24/08 6:23:15 PM Disk Utility[362] Warning: SUID file "System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/DesktopServicesPriv.framework/Versions/A/Reso urces/Locum" has been modified and will not be repaired.
1/24/08 6:23:16 PM Disk Utility[362] Warning: SUID file "System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Install.framework/Versions/A/Resources/runner " has been modified and will not be repaired.
1/24/08 6:23:17 PM Disk Utility[362] Warning: SUID file "System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Admin.framework/Versions/A/Resources/readconf ig" has been modified and will not be repaired.
1/24/08 6:23:17 PM Disk Utility[362] Warning: SUID file "System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Admin.framework/Versions/A/Resources/writecon fig" has been modified and will not be repaired.
1/24/08 6:23:17 PM Disk Utility[362] Warning: SUID file "usr/libexec/authopen" has been modified and will not be repaired.
1/24/08 6:23:18 PM Disk Utility[362] Warning: SUID file "System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/OwnerGroupTool" has been modified and will not be repaired.
1/24/08 6:23:19 PM Disk Utility[362] Warning: SUID file "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/ARDAg ent" has been modified and will not be repaired.
1/24/08 6:23:58 PM Disk Utility[362]
1/24/08 6:23:58 PM Disk Utility[362] Permissions repair complete
Now Software Update seems to work. Are these warnings serious?

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