Re: Windows Update Error 80072EFD

Crossposted to Windows Update group

"Patrick Schmid [MVP]" <> wrote in message news:0AD7350E-C421-4651-BED4-...
>I just upgraded my tablet to Vista Ultimate. Everything seems to work fine
> besides Windows Update. I just cannot get it to work. I keep getting the
> 80072EFD error.
> I followed the steps outlined in the help article as well as the KB
> (836941). I even tried the guided help from that KB. Just no luck. BITS is
> loading automatically as well. I have Windows Live OneCare, but the firewall
> is disabled for now.
> Any ideas what I could still try?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Patrick Schmid

I tried all the suggestions made in this thread, but without luck
Could there be anything left from my XP that is preventing Windows Update
from working correctly?

"Peter Foldes" wrote:

> Crossposted to Windows Update group
>
> "Patrick Schmid [MVP]" <> wrote in message news:0AD7350E-C421-4651-BED4-...
> >I just upgraded my tablet to Vista Ultimate. Everything seems to work fine
> > besides Windows Update. I just cannot get it to work. I keep getting the
> > 80072EFD error.
> > I followed the steps outlined in the help article as well as the KB
> > (836941). I even tried the guided help from that KB. Just no luck. BITS is
> > loading automatically as well. I have Windows Live OneCare, but the firewall
> > is disabled for now.
> > Any ideas what I could still try?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Patrick Schmid
>

Patrick

Here is some other links aside from the ones in Windows Update. Maybe ?

http://www.imzers.com/msn/solve/error-code-80072efd
http://msn-errors.blogspot.com/2006/...rror-code.html

http://www.google.com/search?sourcei...EFD+error+code
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"Patrick Schmid [MVP]" <> wrote in message news:A5ED37C9-1C67-4B7E-974C-...
>I tried all the suggestions made in this thread, but without luck
> Could there be anything left from my XP that is preventing Windows Update
> from working correctly?
>
> "Peter Foldes" wrote:
>
>> Crossposted to Windows Update group
>>
>> "Patrick Schmid [MVP]" <> wrote in message news:0AD7350E-C421-4651-BED4-...
>> >I just upgraded my tablet to Vista Ultimate. Everything seems to work fine
>> > besides Windows Update. I just cannot get it to work. I keep getting the
>> > 80072EFD error.
>> > I followed the steps outlined in the help article as well as the KB
>> > (836941). I even tried the guided help from that KB. Just no luck. BITS is
>> > loading automatically as well. I have Windows Live OneCare, but the firewall
>> > is disabled for now.
>> > Any ideas what I could still try?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > Patrick Schmid
>>

No. There's nothing of XP leftover when installing
Vista. It's an image based install. Vista is laid down
as new image. It's the same whether you do an upgrade
or clean install.


-Michael

* Patrick Schmid [MVP]:
> I tried all the suggestions made in this thread, but without luck
> Could there be anything left from my XP that is preventing Windows Update
> from working correctly?
>
> "Peter Foldes" wrote:
>
>> Crossposted to Windows Update group
>>
>> "Patrick Schmid [MVP]" <> wrote in message news:0AD7350E-C421-4651-BED4-...
>>> I just upgraded my tablet to Vista Ultimate. Everything seems to work fine
>>> besides Windows Update. I just cannot get it to work. I keep getting the
>>> 80072EFD error.
>>> I followed the steps outlined in the help article as well as the KB
>>> (836941). I even tried the guided help from that KB. Just no luck. BITS is
>>> loading automatically as well. I have Windows Live OneCare, but the firewall
>>> is disabled for now.
>>> Any ideas what I could still try?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Patrick Schmid

Yes, but it does reinstall many things from the XP install, and something
reinstalled could certainly cause conflicts.


"MICHAEL" <> wrote in message
news:...
> No. There's nothing of XP leftover when installing
> Vista. It's an image based install. Vista is laid down
> as new image. It's the same whether you do an upgrade
> or clean install.
>
>
> -Michael
>
> * Patrick Schmid [MVP]:
>> I tried all the suggestions made in this thread, but without luck
>> Could there be anything left from my XP that is preventing Windows Update
>> from working correctly?
>>
>> "Peter Foldes" wrote:
>>
>>> Crossposted to Windows Update group
>>>
>>> "Patrick Schmid [MVP]" <> wrote in message
>>> news:0AD7350E-C421-4651-BED4-...
>>>> I just upgraded my tablet to Vista Ultimate. Everything seems to work
>>>> fine
>>>> besides Windows Update. I just cannot get it to work. I keep getting
>>>> the
>>>> 80072EFD error.
>>>> I followed the steps outlined in the help article as well as the KB
>>>> (836941). I even tried the guided help from that KB. Just no luck. BITS
>>>> is
>>>> loading automatically as well. I have Windows Live OneCare, but the
>>>> firewall
>>>> is disabled for now.
>>>> Any ideas what I could still try?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Patrick Schmid

Yes, that is possible.

For some reason my eyes read, "could there be anything leftover
from my XP's Windows Update." Sorry.

Here's what I should have said:
The Vista OS will be brand new, but there's that possibility when
doing an upgrade, those things that get imported back may cause
a problem.

Thanks, John.

-Michael

* John Barnes:
> Yes, but it does reinstall many things from the XP install, and something
> reinstalled could certainly cause conflicts.
>
>
> "MICHAEL" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> No. There's nothing of XP leftover when installing
>> Vista. It's an image based install. Vista is laid down
>> as new image. It's the same whether you do an upgrade
>> or clean install.
>>
>>
>> -Michael
>>
>> * Patrick Schmid [MVP]:
>>> I tried all the suggestions made in this thread, but without luck
>>> Could there be anything left from my XP that is preventing Windows Update
>>> from working correctly?
>>>
>>> "Peter Foldes" wrote:
>>>
>>>> Crossposted to Windows Update group
>>>>
>>>> "Patrick Schmid [MVP]" <> wrote in message
>>>> news:0AD7350E-C421-4651-BED4-...
>>>>> I just upgraded my tablet to Vista Ultimate. Everything seems to work
>>>>> fine
>>>>> besides Windows Update. I just cannot get it to work. I keep getting
>>>>> the
>>>>> 80072EFD error.
>>>>> I followed the steps outlined in the help article as well as the KB
>>>>> (836941). I even tried the guided help from that KB. Just no luck. BITS
>>>>> is
>>>>> loading automatically as well. I have Windows Live OneCare, but the
>>>>> firewall
>>>>> is disabled for now.
>>>>> Any ideas what I could still try?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>
>>>>> Patrick Schmid
>

"Peter Foldes" <> wrote in message
news:%...
Crossposted to Windows Update group

"Patrick Schmid [MVP]" <> wrote in message news:0AD7350E-C421-4651-BED4-...
>I just upgraded my tablet to Vista Ultimate. Everything seems to work fine
> besides Windows Update. I just cannot get it to work. I keep getting the
> 80072EFD error.


That's usually a symptom of a connectivity problem.
Perhaps it would help for you to describe the connection path?
E.g. one common cause is a misconfigured firewall or proxy server.

Otherwise I think a packet trace would help.
It might even be sufficient just to insert FiddlerTool as a proxy
between IE and whatever is causing the blockage.


Good luck

Robert Aldwinckle
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> I followed the steps outlined in the help article as well as the KB
> (836941). I even tried the guided help from that KB. Just no luck. BITS is
> loading automatically as well. I have Windows Live OneCare, but the firewall
> is disabled for now.
> Any ideas what I could still try?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Patrick Schmid