I am new to this forum also, but I was reading the original statement and I have been having the same problem. I also have a bundled version of Ghost Recon and I am not able to install any patches. Here is the "ike.log" file you requested from the original post.
***** User's system configuration *****
CPU: GenuineIntel 1830 MHz Recent Intel
RAM: 2046 MB
O/S: Microsoft Windows 2000 5.1 Service Pack 2 build 2600
SURFACE FORMATS
Format D3DFMT_R8G8B8 Not Supported
Format D3DFMT_X8R8G8B8 Supported
Format D3DFMT_A8R8G8B8 Supported
Format D3DFMT_A4R4G4B4 Supported
Form
