This error code translates to ERROR_INTERNET_CANNOT_CONNECT. This could be caused by
firewall software blocking the Windows Update Site.
You may receive an "Error 0x80072EE2," "Error 0x80072EE7," "Error 0x80072EFD," "Error
0x80072F76," or "Error 0x80072F78" error message when you try to use the Windows Update
Web site or the Microsoft Update Web site
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/836941
When searching for available updates on the Update site, you see the 0x80072EE7 error
http://update.microsoft.com/windowsupdate/v6/showarticle.aspx?articleid=22&ln=en&IsMu=False
You may receive an error message when you search for available updates on the Windows
Update Web site or on the Microsoft Update Web site
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/883821
0x80072EE7 error code
or
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Open your Local Area Connection via Network Connections in Control
Panel, then click Properties.
Click on TCP/IP, click Properties.
Make sure that "Obtain an IP address Automatically" is selected
Make sure that "Obtain DNS server address automatically" is selected.
If already marked as such and no joy, then see if the system can access
this page:
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic76554.html
If yes, then follow Steps 1 - 11 to run FixWareout.exe
Please post the 'report.txt' as described in Step 11 so that we can see
if the system was infected or still is.
MowGreen [MVP 2003-2008]
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TaurArian [MVP] 2005-2008 - Update Services
http://taurarian.mvps.org
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How to ask a question:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
Computer Maintenance: Acronis / Diskeeper / Paragon / Raxco
| HELP!! everytime I try to download updates from MS i get error code
| 0x80072EE7 and I CANNOT update my (used) system. Also Cannot download Adobe
| flashplayer. My computer is secondhand and I have NO clue what to do. It's a
| Windows XP media center edition (2005 I think) not sure of year. Any help
| that you wondrful people could give me would be ever so greatly appreciated.
| thank you and G.B.
