Doctor Four
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 ·AT&T U-Verse
1 edit |  Firewall settings may interfere with WU V5
I was trying to get Windows Update V5 to scan my PC for
available updates, and found that I kept getting a
0x80072ee2 error, which usually means that the control has
been unable to contact the WU site. I tried all of the
suggested fixes Microsoft had (use HTTP 1.1 through proxy
settings, check the hosts file, flush DNS and so on), to
no avail. Then I took a look at my Sygate Pro traffic logs.
It was blocking remote SSL (TCP 443), which the V5 WU uses.
I created an advanced rule:
Allow SSL to/from 207.46.0.0-207.46.255.255 (Microsoft's
entire IP range).
Windows update seems to use a slightly different address
for SSL transactions each time, and this is what I think
is causing the problem.
Edit: I had one of my svchost.exe processes blocked in
Sygate Pro due to Blaster/Welchia/Sasser worms. Allowing
SSL traffic to Microsoft fixed the problem.
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