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Im running Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit edition, Microsoft Security Essentials, and windows firewall. I keep getting the 80072EE2 error.
I have no idea what to do about this. Ive already tried all the methods in both:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/836941
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Windows-Update-error-80072ee2
with the exception of the Method F and the Advanced methods: B/C.
Ive been trying to update since last night, so I dont think waiting anymore will help.
Ive also uninstalled and reinstalled my network adapter driver.
(Also tried the little "fixit" button on this thread: http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vistawu/thread/bfbdec70-e928-47ee-b073-665c4851bf4c)
Any help would be appreciated.
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Hi Fireblaze,
I am sorry it took so long for me to get back to your thread.
I would suggest you to follow the steps listed under **"Advanced troubleshooting methods"**in the following article:
You may encounter temporary connection-related errors when you use Windows Update or Microsoft Update to install updates
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/836941
Regards,
Gulrez
Microsoft Answers Support Engineer
no worries Kevliu, thanks for the feedback.
MS Moderators: what's the fix for this other than swapping to a wireless hotspot? why are we seeing this error as I mentioned above:
"DnldMgr Error 0x8024401c occurred while downloading update; notifying dependent calls.
2011-11-23 14:49:13:558 400 560 AU AU checked download status and it changed: Downloading is paused"
To my mind it is something going wrong with the NIC's dns or tcpip.
Why does it work after the updates get installed from a different NIC?
What update is fixing this issue?
Maybe if we downloaded that one update from another machine and installed it, it would fix the general issue and we could continue normally. How about some feedback on what we are talking about. Like you said this conversation started in 2009 and yet . . . nothing??
Oh, I get it, sorry for not creating a parallel thread and duplicating the error on the forums so that it becomes impossible to find a concise troubleshooting method to fix a problem that has multiple fixes.
deleting the registry key did the trick. THANK YOU!
After 7 weeks and getting extremely angry with MS Support, they gave me this fix, which worked. My actions in red or after dash.
Ø Start > type cmd in start search > right click “run as administrator”.
Ø Copy and paste the command below as given.
net stop wuauserv - OK
cd %systemroot% - OK
ren SoftwareDistribution SoftwareDistribution.old - Duplicate file found, so changed it to old2
net start wuauserv - OK
net stop bits - The BITS service is not started (message)
net start bits - OK
net stop cryptsvc - OK
cd %systemroot%\system32 - OK
ren catroot2 catroot2.old - Duplicate file found, so changed it to old2
net start cryptsvc - OK
regsvr32 Softpub.dll /s - OK
regsvr32 Wintrust.dll /s - OK
regsvr32 Initpki.dll /s - OK
regsvr32 Mssip32.dll /s - OK
Ø Restart the computer. Success, Windows update now working.
so much BS, this reg mod works a treat
Thanks /carl
