N-central Troubleshooting
Patch Management troubleshooting - Connection interruption between the machine and Windows Update
Last Modified
Tue Jun 18 16:01 GMT 2019
Description
- There are times where Windows Update fails to update with error codes 0x80072EFE, 0x80072F76, 0x80244016, 0x8024402F, 0xC80003FA, 0x80072F78, 0x80090305, 0x8009033F, 0x80244022, 0x8024400A, 0x8024400D, 0x8024400E.
Environment
- N-able N-central
Solution
- If you receive these Windows Update errors while checking for updates, it might be caused by a connection interruption between your computer and the Windows Update servers
- To resolve this, please do the following:
- Stop the Windows Update service
- Wait 10 to 15 minutes
- Start the Windows Update service
- Run Windows Update scan, or you can wait for Windows Update to run at its next scheduled time
- If you still receive one of these errors, you can run the Windows Update Troubleshooter that will automatically find and fix some common problems with Windows Update.
- If the troubleshooter didn't help, verify that you have an Internet connection
- For more information about Internet connection problems, see Why can't I connect to the Internet?
- If you still receive this error after checking your Internet connection, it might mean that a program running on your computer is preventing Windows Update Services from accessing the Internet
- Programs that might do this include firewalls, antispyware software, web accelerators, Internet security or antivirus programs, or proxy servers.
- If you continue to see this error, go to the Microsoft Answers website for more assistance.