Wndows update error

Hi all,

I am trying to use windows update from behind a Siemens Gigaset SE105
wireless router with no luck. I have Windows XP + SP2 installed and I get
the infamous error 0x80072EE2.

I have searched on the net for ways to handle this error and I've tried
everything I could find with no luck. I've added windowsupdate to the list
of trusted sites in Internet Explorer. I don't use any proxy servers. I've
even changed the MTU of the interface in my PC which is linked to the
router. And I don't know what to do next. So if anyone has the same router
model and has managed to make Windows Update work, please tell me. Or, if
you have any more ideas ...

Thanks and regards,
Nick

You may be interested in the last one about the Router.

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

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

also another user’s solution: "GK" wrote:

Here is how I was able to work around the problem.
Using command prompt
1. proxycfg -d (to clear proxy cache)
2. net stop wuauserv (to stop Automatic updates service)

Using Windows Explorer
3. Delete all files and folders in
C:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution (your windows folder may vary)

Again using command prompt
4. net start wuauserv (to start Automatic updates service)

Try now going back to Windows Update web page.

It worked for me. YMMV

GK

Posted by =Mac=

<snip of relevant part> I was getting the 0x80072EE2 message on a machine
this
evening. I never had a problem with it.

I tried all of your suggestions to no avail. However, in a post from several
months
ago, someone mentioned an MTU seating on a router. I had upgraded the
firmware on my home router several days ago and left the MTU set at the
default of 1500. Come to think of it, my Internet connection seemed a little
sluggish since I upgraded the firmware.

I reset the MTU to 1492, and voila! Windows Update works again.

I write this post so that someone else doesn't overlook a simple solution to
a very
frustrating problem.

Router / Firewall / Wireless Router MTU ==> 1492 or less <snip>


"Nick Jones" wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I am trying to use windows update from behind a Siemens Gigaset SE105
> wireless router with no luck. I have Windows XP + SP2 installed and I get
> the infamous error 0x80072EE2.
>
> I have searched on the net for ways to handle this error and I've tried
> everything I could find with no luck. I've added windowsupdate to the list
> of trusted sites in Internet Explorer. I don't use any proxy servers. I've
> even changed the MTU of the interface in my PC which is linked to the
> router. And I don't know what to do next. So if anyone has the same router
> model and has managed to make Windows Update work, please tell me. Or, if
> you have any more ideas ...
>
> Thanks and regards,
> Nick
>
>
>