RE: Update error 80072ee2 Finally Solved!!

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"Gregd" wrote:

> I have worked on this problem for at least 20 hours on and off over the last
> several weeks.
> I have a pc which uses ICS to connect all the clients in my home network to
> the internet. WU would not work on either client. Kept getting 80072ee2
> failure when searching for updates. Tried every solution I could find on the
> internet.
>
> Finally I added up all the symptoms, one of which that I could not load
> other https pages, could not even reach the windows update site without using
> the proxy. Well, I decided the problem could be the ethernet connection from
> the ICS Host to the home network.
>
> Removed the ethernet device from within device manager, rebooted and let XP
> home reinstall the device. After that, the clients could run Windows Update.
>
> sheesh, what a hassle figuring this out was.
>
> Anyhow, if anyone gets the 8072ee2 error and you've tried the other
> solutions, try what I did. I'm thinking that there was a problem with dropped
> packets or tcp/ip communication.
>
> Hope this helps someone!!
.



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