Code 80072EE2 (SP2 Installation Failure)

How nice of Windows Update to bury a cryptic error code
behind at least two levels of hyperlinks, with no useful
explanation of what the error actually means!

Naturally, the online "troubleshooter" has no mention of
this one, either.

Since a certain huge corporation apparently lacks the clue
to at least publish a list of error code definitions, has
anybody else managed to find out what this one actually
*means*?

I'd take advantage of the "magnanimous" offer of "free"
online support for Windows Update; but that requires
creating a .NET passport, which would be considered a Very
Bad Thing(TN), in my present working environment.

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Anonymous Coward wrote:

> How nice of Windows Update to bury a cryptic error code
> behind at least two levels of hyperlinks, with no useful
> explanation of what the error actually means!
>
> Naturally, the online "troubleshooter" has no mention of
> this one, either.
>
> Since a certain huge corporation apparently lacks the clue
> to at least publish a list of error code definitions, has
> anybody else managed to find out what this one actually
> *means*?
>
> I'd take advantage of the "magnanimous" offer of "free"
> online support for Windows Update; but that requires
> creating a .NET passport, which would be considered a Very
> Bad Thing(TN), in my present working environment.
>
Hi

Error 0x80072EE2 is:

ERROR_INTERNET_TIMEOUT
The request has timed out.


Here is a Knowledge Base article mentioning this error:


You receive an "Error 0x80072EE2" or "Error 0x80072EFD" error message
when you try to use Windows Update
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;836941


If you have Norton Internet Security or something similar installed
(e.g. some 3rd party firewall as mentioned in the article above),
you might need to reconfigure or disable it.

Here is more about this issue:
http://groups.google.com/groups?thre...TNGP12.phx.gbl

and
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm...1-gui.ntli.net


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