Re: All Windows Updates Fail

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On Wed, 15 Jun 2005 04:49:02 -0700, "George W" <GeorgeW@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Thanks Unk but…
>
>I meant a direct reference to 80244018 on the Microsoft site but I'd settle
>for any meaningful fixes from other sources. All of the references you
>referred to, most of which I had already looked at, don't have a clue. The
>only thing they show is other people suffering the same problems and getting
>nowhere, like me.
>
>Anybody ??
>
>
>"Unk" wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 15 Jun 2005 00:10:06 -0700, "George W" <George W@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> >When trying to get Windows updates, auto or manual, they all fail. The error
>> >Code is 80244018 but I can't find any reference to this number. Any (nice)
>> >sugestions please??
>>
>> You didn't look very hard...
>> http://tinyurl.com/89x9a
>> http://tinyurl.com/8njnr
>>
>>

See if this helps: news:188AD843-1A24-462F-95CC-D8284AB3780B@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

From: "Joel" <Joel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>I had the same problem, and was due to a proxy server issue. At a command
>prompt, just type: proxycfg -u
>After that, the updates started working with no problem!
> -- Joel
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