http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro...ateauthen.mspx
Troubleshooting Windows Update v.5 Authentication Issue
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=836985
You receive Initialization error 0x80072F78 while the Windows Update Web site is
loading
"Javisson" <> wrote in message
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> After clicking "Express Install" I get this error. I have tried all
> instructions I've able to find without succes. From other computers of my
> corporation with apparently same configuration can access windows update
> perfectly.
> Herewith I post you an extract from windowsupdate.log:
>
> "1180 730 Add header for accept-encoding: xpress succeeded
> 1180 730 DetectCompressionType returning type 0, hr=0x1
> 1180 730 SyncUpdates: 0x80244019
> 1180 730 PT: Cannot recover from fault, origin=SyncUpdates, hr=0x80244019
> 1180 730 Sync of Updates: 0x80244019
> 1180 730 WU client failed Searching for update with error 0x80244019"