Windows Update won't work on my network anymore. HELP!

I occassionally do IT for this small private school where I live. They have a
small network, all Client Win XP Pro machines and a Win 2003 Server. They
wanted to do updates via the server, so I installed WSUS on the system.
However the clients were not updating in WSUS so I used the Group Policy
management tool for the DOMAIN and told each computer in the domain to update
from the 2003 server in the Windows Update section of the group policy
editor. Well. After all computers propagated in the WSUS system, all Windows
Updates did not work. So I gave up. Removed the WSUS system and changed the
Group Policy settings back to what they were originally. Well, now that I
have done that, Windows Update STILL does not work on ANY machine at the
school now. Not Automatic Updates nor going to windowsupdate.micrsoft.com. I
dunno what to do. I went thru the registry on the server looking for anything
with Windows Updates but found nothing that would stop it for working. When I
get to the site and hit either Express or Custom, it searches for a bit then
I get error code 0x80072EE2. I have done virtually everything micrsoft has to
offer about this error comming up and none of them worked. Is there anyway to
reset the Group Policy System in Windows 2003?
Any help is much appreciated.
Thanks

On Mon, 17 Jul 2006 08:27:02 -0700, Jeff <> wrote:

>I occassionally do IT for this small private school where I live. They have a
>small network, all Client Win XP Pro machines and a Win 2003 Server. They
>wanted to do updates via the server, so I installed WSUS on the system.
>However the clients were not updating in WSUS so I used the Group Policy
>management tool for the DOMAIN and told each computer in the domain to update
>from the 2003 server in the Windows Update section of the group policy
>editor. Well. After all computers propagated in the WSUS system, all Windows
>Updates did not work. So I gave up. Removed the WSUS system and changed the
>Group Policy settings back to what they were originally. Well, now that I
>have done that, Windows Update STILL does not work on ANY machine at the
>school now. Not Automatic Updates nor going to windowsupdate.micrsoft.com. I
>dunno what to do. I went thru the registry on the server looking for anything
>with Windows Updates but found nothing that would stop it for working. When I
>get to the site and hit either Express or Custom, it searches for a bit then
>I get error code 0x80072EE2. I have done virtually everything micrsoft has to
>offer about this error comming up and none of them worked. Is there anyway to
>reset the Group Policy System in Windows 2003?
>Any help is much appreciated.
>Thanks

When accessing the Update site, you receive the 0x80072EE2 or 0x80072EFD error.
http://update.microsoft.com/windowsu...=en&IsMu=False

Finding a solution for the 0x80072EE2 error
http://www.updatexp.com/0x80072ee2.html

You receive an "Error 0x80072EE2" error message, an "Error 0x80072EFD" error message,
or an "Error 0x80072f76" error message if you try to use the Microsoft Windows Update
Web site or the Microsoft Update Web site. http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=836941

See also:
When searching for available updates on the Windows Update site, you receive the 0x8024502d
error.
http://v5.windowsupdate.microsoft.co...cleid=26&ln=en

Check your MTU setting:
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DSL PPPoE - 1492
AOL - 1400-1460

Download TCP Optimizer to set it.
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or direct download:
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