Windows update halts on a download and doesn't restart

hi i have a similar problem, a large majority of security updates get to
about 326KB of what ever size and then stop and never seem to finish
downloading. i have tried a variety of things like clearing logs and halting
my antivirus program but nothing seems to help. my company IT manager is not
helping me with server based issues. the error i get most of the time is
Error Code: 80072EFD.

On Sun, 12 Jun 2005 22:51:01 -0700, "roseair9" <> wrote:

>hi i have a similar problem, a large majority of security updates get to
>about 326KB of what ever size and then stop and never seem to finish
>downloading. i have tried a variety of things like clearing logs and halting
>my antivirus program but nothing seems to help. my company IT manager is not
>helping me with server based issues. the error i get most of the time is
>Error Code: 80072EFD.

See if the information in this article, "You receive an Error 0x80072EE2 or Error 0x80072EFD"
error message when you try to use Windows Update" helps to resolve the problem:
http://support.microsoft.com/dÂ*efault.aspx?scid=836941

If you're using a third party software firewall (Norton Internet Security/Personal
Firewall, ZoneAlarm, etc.) try disabling the firewall and see if you are then successful.

Failing that, see "Troubleshooting Error 0x80072efd"
http://msmvps.com/athif/articles/43174.aspx