Re: I receive an "Error 0x80072EFD"...

I fought this for two days. I tried all the things MS knowledge base
said. I tried everything I could find on the net like additional
sites to add to the trusted list. Nothing worked.

Here is what finally fixed it for me:
I have ZoneAlarm configured to keep certain MS dlls/apps from
accessing the internet. That was not the problem. I would boot up
and disable ZoneAlarm before running WindowsUpdate to let them talk as
they needed. The problem was that once ZoneAlarm has kept these MS
dlls/apps from accessing the internet then even after you disable
ZoneAlarm they will never try again (during that boot up).

They try once on boot up and if they fail, even if you disable
ZoneAlarm, they will never try again like when you go to
WindowsUpdate.

I marked all the MS stuff as allowed to access the internet, rebooted,
and WindowsUpdate worked fine.

I would recommend that you disable outbound "phone home" firewalls and
anti-virus while accessing WindowsUpdate. This was easy for me as my
LAN is well protected from the internet but those with direct
connections to the internet that rely entirely on personal firewalls
must be careful not to expose themselves.

The MS program in question was "Generic Host Process" (or possibly
"Services and Controller app") and it would probably work to just give
this guy full access to the internet for the duration of the
WindowsUpdate.

I understand that there may be a similar issue with Norton (NIS?)
firewalling these MS programs.

Cliff

On Sat, 12 Nov 2005 07:57:34 +1100, "TaurArian [MVP]"
<taurarianREMOVECAPS@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Error: 80072EFD = ERROR_INTERNET_CANNOT_CONNECT
>Translation: Cannot connect to the Internet server
>
>When accessing the Update site, you receive the 0x80072EE2 or 0x80072EFD error.
>http://update.microsoft.com/windowsupdate/v6/showarticle.aspx?articleid=32&ln=en&IsMu=False
>
>When accessing the Windows Update site, you receive the 0x80072EFD error.
>http://v5.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/v5consumer/showarticle.aspx?articleid=16&ln=en
>
>You receive an "Error 0x80072EE2" error message, an "Error 0x80072EFD" error message,
>or an "Error 0x80072f76" error message if you try to use the Microsoft Windows Update
>Web site or the Microsoft Update Web site
>http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=836941
>
>Finding a solution for the 0x80072EFD error
>http://www.updatexp.com/0x80072efd.html
>
>See also:
>When searching for available updates on the Windows Update site, you receive the
>0x8024502d error.
>http://v5.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/v5consumer/showarticle.aspx?articleid=26&ln=en
>
>When searching for available updates on the Update site, you receive the 0x8024502d
>error - WinXP.
>http://update.microsoft.com/windowsupdate/v6/showarticle.aspx?articleid=26&ln=en&IsMu=False
>
>What causes Error 0x8024502d
>http://www.updatexp.com/0x8024502d.html
>
>"Euclides Ali Vergara" <Euclides Ali Vergara@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
>message news:10A73E6C-CBD6-4EA4-B472-CA276B84C337@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> When I try to check the Microsoft Update in Windows XP manually, I can't view
>> any update. I receive this error: "Error 0x80072EFD" anybody know this issue
>> and how resolve it.
>> Thanks,
>> EAV
.

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