Update error code 30088-27 Office 2021 what to do to get corrected????

Hello everybody.

I've been following this thread from the beginning.

My Office 2021 has been affected from Update error code 30088-27 since Build 17726.20126. Today I updated to Build 17830.20166 using the manual procedure described in this thread. In the meantime, my Win 10 also updated to KB5041580 and KB5042352 ("Patch Tuesday").

After these updates, Update error code 30088-27 is gone. Puff! Just like that. Vanished just as mysteriously as it'd come.

Just wanted to let you guys know.

David

Interesting. Those patches are what caused the issue for me again.

Check your Office settings and make sure that the Options > General > Privacy Settings.. screen has the "All connected experiences" option enabled so that you can then enable the "Experiences that download online content" option. (These are the steps for my Office 2016 Professional Plus running on Windows 10.) This should allow you to access the online Help system.

I was going to try this but when I hit the Privacy Settings button, the program crashes (Outlook, Excel, Word...). ??

If office is blocked in your firewall unblock it. Same thing happened to me and then once you allow Word or whatever program through, the privacy settings will show up.

This did not work for me here.

Update: A computer restart seemed to have done it.

ALL... Just FYI, updated to 8/13 latest version and the issue still persists. Maybe next month :(

Check your Office settings and make sure that the Options > General > Privacy Settings.. screen has the "All connected experiences" option enabled so that you can then enable the "Experiences that download online content" option. (These are the steps for my Office 2016 Professional Plus running on Windows 10.) This should allow you to access the online Help system.

I was going to try this but when I hit the Privacy Settings button, the program crashes (Outlook, Excel, Word...). ??

If office is blocked in your firewall unblock it. Same thing happened to me and then once you allow Word or whatever program through, the privacy settings will show up.

So here comes another random fix that worked for me. YMMV

I use a little software called DoNotSpy11 to control a lot of Windows 10 less desirable activities. For kicks, I turned off this software's changes because there are settings that can affect updates and customer experience (I've been using this software for years and have never had an issue updating prior to this specific error). I restarted and low and behold, my 2024 pre-release updated like a boss. Then I turned DoNotSpy11's changes back on, and it is still updating properly. ?!

Obviously, I can't explain this.