Yes, I've seen that here. I haven't spent the time to figure out what is going on, but I've found that you can click on "Check online for updates from Windows Updates" and it will work from there.
...Tim > -----Original Message----- > From: Jon D [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, July 17, 2009 7:21 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Server 2008 and Windows Updates > > Has anyone had issues with Windows 2008 Server giving error when you > try to manually check for windows updates? > I have a fresh install, and it's doing it. After spending a day > messing with it, I rebuilt it and same thing. Fresh install, nothing > custom. > The error code is 80072EE2. I've google it for several hours, and none > of the suggestions I've found work. > Weird thing is it will randomly work, but not consistantly. > > This is running inside a VMWare ESX box. That shouldn't matter I don't > think. > It's not part of the domain yet, so no GPOs are applied. > > Any ideas? Anyone seen this before? > > Things I've tried: > - Rebuild > - Add 8530 to windows firewall > - Turn off windows firewall > - Restart windows update service > - Install Server 2008 SP2 > - Delete the windows update temp directory > - Turn off all the IE security settings that I could find > > > Thanks in advance, > Jon > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
