Error 0X80072EFD

[Emilio Viera]

My machines are within a LAN. When I try to update
windows at WINDOWS UPDATE website, I get the error
message that follows.

Thanks for any help.

Emilio.

[Error number: 0x80072EFD]
Windows Update has encountered an error and cannot
display the requested page. You may find the following
resources helpful in resolving the problem:
For self-help options:

Windows Update Response Center

Windows Update Troubleshooter

Windows Update Newsgroups
For assisted support options:

Microsoft Online Assisted Support (no-cost for Windows
Update issues)

Read more about steps you can take to resolve this
problem yourself.

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

Please see if the following link helps:

http://groups.google.com/groups?q=0x80072EFD&hl=en&btnG=Google+Search

Failing that, please try the Windows Update News Group:

news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windowsupdate or
http://aumha.org/nntp.htm

 

[Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\)]

My machines are within a LAN. When I try to update
windows at WINDOWS UPDATE website, I get the error
message that follows.

Thanks for any help.

Emilio.

[Error number: 0x80072EFD]
Windows Update has encountered an error and cannot
display the requested page.

Hi

Fyi, microsoft.public.windowsupdate is a better newsgroup for
Windows Update questions.

Some trouble shooting step for error 0x80072EFD here (I would think
the most likely cause for your error is a Proxy/Firewall configuration
error):

When accessing the Windows Update site, you receive the 0x80072EFD error.
http://v5.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/v5consumer/showarticle.aspx?articleid=16&ln=en


You should also try the steps here:

When searching for available updates on the Windows Update site, you
receive the 0x8024402C, 0x80240030 or 0x8024502d error.
http://v5.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/v5consumer/showarticle.aspx?articleid=26&ln=en


You might need to use proxycfg.exe (see link above) to either set
or remove a proxy server configuration:

Open a command prompt (Start/Run and then "cmd.exe" without the
quotes").

Run this command to see what proxy configuration WU uses:

proxycfg


If you don't have a proxy, you will need status

Direct access (no proxy server).


If it reports anything else, to set direct access:

proxycfg -d


To get more help on proxycfg:

proxycfg -?