AstroSkipper

@maile3241 Trying to access my inbox I get this message: https://imgur.com/4p3wVW5

That's fine. But at the moment the PM function doesn't work in my system. Anyway MSFN had server problems the last days. What about yours? I think we have to wait a bit.

@maile3241 I still need an answer.

Ok, you're right. We can't send him a PM. I'll send you a PM but not now. I'm writing this using my tablet but I need my PC to create a link. But one thing is clear: For personal use only! No sharing! No circulation! Is that ok for you?

We have to honor that @Thomas S. hadn't provided a working link of his software. So first send him a PM! If he doesn't answer contemporarily then maybe.

I know that he hasn't been here since 02/17/2021. But it doesn't mean he won't answer. First try to send him a PM! The problem is I don't know if I am allowed to provide a link of my copy due to copyright protection. Btw try using the extended kernel. HTTPSProxy won't work either in Windows 2000 without it.

If you've read the post intently you'll have noticed to send a PM if you have trouble or any request.

Here is the post and a download link for HTTPSProxy. The author is Thomas S., a member of this forum. But if ProxHTTPSProxy doesn't work then HTTPSProxy won't work either.

Use a more recent browser like this one: https://retrosystemsrevival.blogspot.com/2018/05/palemoon-265-for-windows-2000.html?m=0

Only HTTPSProxy but afaik it bases upon ProxHTTPSProxy so it won't work either.

Hi, I don't know this "Simplix Pack" but the Winfuture Pack for Windows 7 is a German one and there aren't too much of them. Furthermore I had used it in the past and it worked. But thanks for your tip!

I already knew that. For accessing MU in Windows 7 use the app version. In my view there'll never be any chance to get web version of MU working. And I know you are German like me so use Winfuture Update Pack for Windows 7 including all updates until January of 2020 to get rid of error code 0x80072efe. No more to say related to that matter!

@maile3241 And last but not least I doubt you could ever get MU web site version working in Windows 7 because it has never been there before. The mechanism has never existed before.

Your statements are very confusing.What are you talking about? I know you never used it in Win 7 but you want to get it workung. Then you say you just want to get updates from the website like @xpandvistafan. But no one has got workung it until now. The problem is your English. You have to improve your way of articulating and to be more accurate in writing comments.

There he said he'd prefer the web version but he didn' t say he already had got working it. So @xpandvistafan does the web site version of MU work in your Windows 7 system?

AFAIK he hasn't got working it yet or have I missed anything? @xpandvistafan

So you tried both ways, app version and web site version, alternately and none of them is working. Right?

You are effected by error code 0x80072EFE too. It's not only 0x80070002, it's just the final output.

Please upload the Windows Update Log of Windows 7 only to have a look into! No screenshot, log file only!

This article is referring to Windows Vista.

You said some posts before you have copied the Wsus3setup.cab from Windows XP which contains the missing files wsus3setup.cat and wsus3setup.inf. Try them! PS I have looked inside of wsus3setup.inf and I think it's only for Win XP, Win 2000 and undefined x64. But most likely it won't work.

That's fine. But at first read what this fix does and create an image of your system partition only in case the fix fails and has harmed your system.

Ok, here you can see the same as in my Windows 7 Professional notebook. Unpack wsus3inf.cab in both folders and try again but I don't think it'll work due to the fact that there had never been a web site vesion of Microsoft Update. But nobody knows it's a trial and error too.

If you want my opinion then take a screenshot of folders WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\SelfUpdate\Default\ and WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\WebSetup\ in your Windows 7 system using a file manager like Total Commander with hidden system files and extensions enabled. Windows Explorer is pants. PS I think you really shouldn't spoof your user agent. MU has to know which system is yours to provide the suitable updates for it.

@Dave-H I've got for you an interesting site to fix Windows Update problems. It is called Reset Windows Update Tool (Script). Here it is: https://github.com/ManuelGil/Script-Reset-Windows-Update-Tool. The last XP compatible version is 10.5.3.7. I've uploaded for you: https://www.mediafire.com/file/k48ll6e41eypogy/ResetWUEng10.5.3.7.zip/file and version 10.5.3.4 with an help file included: https://www.mediafire.com/file/wl0yrq98me8dfkj/ResetWUEng10.5.3.4.zip/file