Win Server 2003 -- 0x80072F78

Three days ago, Windows Update successfully delivered SP1 for Windows Server
2003.

Now, when going to Windows Update, the scan is successful. But, upon
selection of Custom Install or Express Install, I get:
"We're Sorry"
Error 0x80072F78
"Windows Update has encountered an error and cannot display the requested
page..."

Yesterday, in the application logs, I found this pair of errors 8 times in
the span of 16 seconds:

Event Type: Error
Event Source: crypt32
Event Category: None
Event ID: 11
Date: 4/3/2005
Time: 3:08:41 PM
User: N/A
Computer: GENOME-MARS
Description:
Failed extract of third-party root list from auto update cab at:
<http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3/static/trustedr/en/authrootstl.cab>
with error: A required certificate is not within its validity period when
verifying against the current system clock or the timestamp in the signed
file.
For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: crypt32
Event Category: None
Event ID: 8
Date: 4/3/2005
Time: 3:08:41 PM
User: N/A
Computer: GENOME-MARS
Description:
Failed auto update retrieval of third-party root list sequence number from:
<http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3/static/trustedr/en/authrootseq.txt>
with error: The server returned an invalid or unrecognized response
For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

So I downloaded the authrootstl.cab and look at the certificate
authroot.stl. The Certificate Trust List says "This certificate trust list
is not valid. The certificate that signed the list is not valid."

How do I get past all of this, so that Windows Update is again available to
this Windows Server 2003 machine?

Thanks,
Jim







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