Cannot Update 0x80072EFD Error

I cannot update, like everyone else. I keep getting the error number
0x80072EFD. I have uninstalled McAfee Antivirus, Firewall, and Security
Center, turned off Windows firewall, added the Windows Update sites to my
trusted site, and virtually every other step listed and the problem still
exists.

Any ideas, this is starting to tick me off. It seems the blame lies on thrid
party software, but I can still update Microsoft Office with no problems,
this is confusing.

ANy help is appreciated!

"GallagherPreach",

Borrowed from Eric Brodish [MSFT]

Could you please download and install the Windows XP Service Pack 2 Support
Tools from:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

Due to the realities of newsgroup messages and readers, the above link might
be broken. If so, please copy and paste the entire link above into notepad,
verify there are no spaces, then copy and paste it into the address window
of your Internet Explorer browser and try again.

After this please run the following command from a command prompt.

bitsadmin /reset /allusers

and then try the Windows Update site again.

Sincerely,

Pat Walters [MSFT]

"GallagherPreach" <> wrote in
message news:76A0511C-93FF-4C03-9D5D-...
> I cannot update, like everyone else. I keep getting the error number
> 0x80072EFD. I have uninstalled McAfee Antivirus, Firewall, and Security
> Center, turned off Windows firewall, added the Windows Update sites to my
> trusted site, and virtually every other step listed and the problem still
> exists.
>
> Any ideas, this is starting to tick me off. It seems the blame lies on
thrid
> party software, but I can still update Microsoft Office with no problems,
> this is confusing.
>
> ANy help is appreciated!