Cannot access secure websites

Hello, I have a Win2k3 server that I am trying to get windows updates from,
however the update fails and I get the 0x80072EFD error message. I thought
this was just a Windows Update issue, but after digging around a little more.
I found out that I cannot access any secure websites with either IE or
firefox. I have tried all the steps outlined in the Microsoft tech article to
try to fix this problem including deleting temp files, adding the sites to
the trusted sites list, double checked my host file, removed the proxy server
from the WinHTTP proxy configuration, and I also tried re-registering a bunch
of DLL files. Still nothing. I also thought it could be a network
configuration problem, but I have another server on the exact same subnet
that has none of these issues. I have no firewall, and no proxy. Any help
will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

You may receive an "Error 0x80072EE2," "Error 0x80072EE7," "Error 0x80072EFD," "Error
0x80072F76," or "Error 0x80072F78" error message when you try to use the 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 Update site, you receive the 0x8024502d
error - WinXP.
http://update.microsoft.com/windowsu...=en&IsMu=False

"The Page Cannot Be Displayed" Error Message When You Try to View Web Page on a Secure Web
Site
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;303807

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"dasaybz" <> wrote in message
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| Hello, I have a Win2k3 server that I am trying to get windows updates from,
| however the update fails and I get the 0x80072EFD error message. I thought
| this was just a Windows Update issue, but after digging around a little more.
| I found out that I cannot access any secure websites with either IE or
| firefox. I have tried all the steps outlined in the Microsoft tech article to
| try to fix this problem including deleting temp files, adding the sites to
| the trusted sites list, double checked my host file, removed the proxy server
| from the WinHTTP proxy configuration, and I also tried re-registering a bunch
| of DLL files. Still nothing. I also thought it could be a network
| configuration problem, but I have another server on the exact same subnet
| that has none of these issues. I have no firewall, and no proxy. Any help
| will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.