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Foxhole wrote:
SYMPTOMS
If you try to use the Microsoft Windows Update Web site, you receive one of the following error messages: Error 0x80072EE2
Error 0x80072EFD
Additionally, the %SYSTEMROOT%\Windowsupdate.log file may have an entry that is similar to the following entry:
005-06-01 18:31:12 992 158 Misc WARNING: SendRequest failed with hr = 80072efd. Proxy List
used: <(null)> Bypass List used : <(null)> Auth Schemes used : <(null);>


CAUSE
This issue occurs because the Windows Update client did not receive a timely response from the Windows Update Web site server. A timely response is not generated if the Windows Update Web site server is affected by a network-related issue.


RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, use Method 1 or use Method 2.

Method 1: Home users or users who are not behind a proxy server
Step 1: Verify Internet connectivity
Make sure that you can successfully access other Web sites. If you can successfully access other Web sites, your Internet connection is working correctly. Step 2: Verify your personal firewall program settings
If you have a personal firewall program installed, you might have to reconfigure or update the personal firewall program. The Windows Update client runs in an instance of Svchost.exe. This Svchost.exe instance requires access to the Internet. For more information about how to reconfigure or update your firewall program, see the documentation that was included with the program, view the Help files for your program, or contact the program vendor. For information about how to contact the program vendor, click the appropriate article number in the following list to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
65416 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/65416/) Hardware and software vendor contact information, A-K

60781 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/60781/) Hardware and software vendor contact information, L-P

60782 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/60782/) Hardware and software vendor contact information, Q-Z
Step 3: Add Windows Update Web sites to the Trusted Sites list
Add the Windows Update Web sites to the Trusted Sites list in Internet Explorer. To do this, follow these steps:1. Start Microsoft Internet Explorer. 2. On the Tools menu, click Internet Options. 3. Click the Security tab, and then click Trusted Sites. 4. Click Sites, and then click to clear the Require server verification (https:) for all sites in this zone check box. 5. In the Add this Web site to the zone box, type the following addresses, clicking Add after you type each address: http://update.microsoft.com
http://download.windowsupdate.microsoft.com 6. Click OK two times.

Step 4: Remove Windows Update entries from the hosts file
Some programs may modify the hosts file to control DNS name resolution. Sometimes, an entry for the Windows Update Web site may exist in the hosts file. To remove Windows Update entries from the hosts file, follow these steps: 1. Click Start, click Run, type notepad %windir%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts, and then click OK. 2. Remove any lines that contain entries for Windows Update. For example, remove the following entry if the entry exists:
http://update.microsoft.com 3. On the File menu, click Save. 4. Quit Notepad. 5. Restart the computer.

Note If you do not want to restart the computer, flush the DNS resolver cache. To do this, follow these steps:a. Click Start, click Run, type cmd, and then click OK. b. At the command prompt, type ipconfig /flushdns, and then press ENTER.

Step 5: Remove the proxy server entry from the WinHTTP proxy configuration
If you are not located in a corporate network, or if you do not use a proxy server to connect to the Internet, clear the WinHTTP proxy configuration. To do this, follow these steps:1. Click Start, click Run, type cmd, and then click OK. 2. At the command prompt, type proxycfg -d, and then press ENTER.


Method 2: Corporate users or users who are behind a proxy server
If you use a proxy server to connect to the Internet, see the following Microsoft Knowledge Base (KB) article for information about how the Windows Update client detects and uses proxy servers: 900935 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/900935/) How the Windows Update client determines which proxy server to use to connect to the Windows Update Web site Foxhole 

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