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Windows Update Error# 0x80072F7D


cc333

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Hi,

OK, I've decided to setup a fresh install before the Windows Update servers go offline, but when I try to run WU, I get error# 0x80072F7D. Are there any updates I must install manually to fix this error?

I have installed so far:

  • Service Pack 4
  • KB835732
  • Update Rollup 1
  • Internet Explorer 6
  • The latest WU agent
  • Windows Installer 3.1

And none of it has resolved the error.

Any help will be much appreciated!

Thank you!

c

Edited by cc333
Added some context so my question makes more sense
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Here's a hunch, try updating your root certificates.

http://w2k.flxsrv.org/cgi-bin/dl.cgi?file=rootsupd201905.exe&displayLang=ja

If it yells at hotlinking, just go here: http://w2k.flxsrv.org/wlu/wluen.htm

Then under OS type, select Windows 2000. Then go down to the last two boxes you see on the bottom row, click in the first one and select 2019. Then hit the "search" button. You'll find the root certificate updates in the search results on the right.

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Oh, yeah, I did install those! That's what got me from the "This page cannot load" screen to the Windows Update error. It was late, and I forgot to mention that.

But, it's all moot now, as somehow I managed to get it to work!

Apparently I was almost there. I needed only to install a couple of cumulative IE6 updates (I forget the KB numbers; the laptop I had the VM on died this morning, so I have to wait until I've copied everything off its drive to check what they were), and then everything just worked! A .NET update (1.1 SP1) complained and wouldn't install at first, but I retried it and it installed fine the second time.

Now I have to find the post-EOL updates and install those!

c

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