Error Using Windows 2000 Update

Looked in Windows Update Log and found the following message and error code
but unable to locate a good reason from any Microsoft database. Can someone
help with the error?

2005-12-02 12:32:40 796 4ac AU ###############
2005-12-02 12:32:40 796 4ac AU AU setting next detection timeout to
2005-12-02 23:32:40
2005-12-02 12:32:45 796 4ac Report REPORT EVENT:
{75AFCDAB-1CA1-4C21-88AE-B64D519EBD9C}
2005-12-02
12:32:40-0600 1 148 101 {00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000} 0 8024402f AutomaticUpdates
Failure Software Synchronization Error: Agent failed detecting with reason:
0x8024402f