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I tried to download this CAB file from a browser, which didn't work. WARNING: WinHttp: ShouldFileBeDownloaded failed with 0x80072efe WARNING: WinHttp: SendRequestToServerForFileInformation failed with 0x80072efe WARNING: WinHttp: SendRequestToServerForFileInformation MakeRequest failed.
WARNING: WinHttp: SendRequestUsingProxy failed for. Proxy List used: Bypass List used : Auth Schemes used : WARNING: SendRequest failed with hr = 80072efe.
Triggering accelerated install by calling UpdateNow WARNING: PTWarn: Anonymous plug-in skipped for WU WARNING: Cached cookie has expired or new PID is available Timeout for accelerated install is already set Here's a relevant snippet: +++++++++++ PT: Synchronizing server updates +++++++++++ I haven't heard back from Microsoft Support since sending them my log files, but I got some time to take a look myself. I then sent my System Information and WindowsUpdate.log file to Microsoft, sorry but I'm not posting their contents here. I tried that and IPv4 and v6 were both already set to these settings, rebooted anyway, error still there.
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I've had the same problem for 24 hours now, so surely the Windows Update servers haven't been down this whole time? A quick check on twitter shows no worldwide outcry about Windows Update being unavailable, so is it just me? I'm based in the UK, but I notice that the URL is also unavailable using ''wget'' from my webserver in Chicago.