Windows Update won't open

[Joy]

Reading a reminder about Windows update made me realize that the automatic
reminder hadn't reminded for a while. I went to Start - Windows Update and
got this error message #0x80072F76. That number wasn't on the list there.
Any suggestions? How can I update?

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

Please see if the following helps:

http://groups-beta.google.com/groups?q=0x80072F76

 

[Rock]

Reading a reminder about Windows update made me realize that the
automatic reminder hadn't reminded for a while. I went to Start -
Windows Update and got this error message #0x80072F76. That number
wasn't on the list there. Any suggestions? How can I update?

In addition to Will's post note there is a newsgroup for windows update
issues: news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windowsupdate

 

[Joy]

Thanks Will and Rock. I eventually found out it was due to my dial up
accelerator, which I disabled, and was able to then do Windows Update.

 

[Rock]

Thanks Will and Rock. I eventually found out it was due to my dial up
accelerator, which I disabled, and was able to then do Windows Update.

Glad it's fixed Joy and thanks for posting back the resolution.