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Update. Found this in WU log:<br />
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WARNING: There was an error communicating with the endpoint at '<a href="https://fe2.update.microsoft.com/v6/SimpleAuthWebService/SimpleAuth.asmx'" rel="ugc nofollow">https://fe2.update.microsoft.com/v6/SimpleAuthWebService/SimpleAuth.asmx'</a>.<br />
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2015-07-30 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;13:41:51:527 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;268 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;ca4 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;WS &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;WARNING: The server returned HTTP status code '404 (0x194)' with text 'Not Found'.
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Update. Found this in WU log:

WARNING: There was an error communicating with the endpoint at 'https://fe2.update.microsoft.com/v6/SimpleAuthWebService/SimpleAuth.asmx' [https://fe2.update.microsoft.com/v6/SimpleAuthWebService/SimpleAuth.asmx'].

2015-07-30      13:41:51:527       268      ca4      WS      WARNING: The server returned HTTP status code '404 (0x194)' with text 'Not Found'.

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Verify that BITS services is running or not.
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Verify that BITS services is running or not.

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Refer to MS link below:<br />
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<a href="http://windows.microsoft.com/en-ca/windows-vista/windows-update-error-80070422-80244019-or-8ddd0018" rel="ugc">http://windows.microsoft.com/en-ca/windows-vista/windows-update-error-80070422-80244019-or-8ddd0018</a>
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Refer to MS link below:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-ca/windows-vista/windows-update-error-80070422-80244019-or-8ddd0018 [http://windows.microsoft.com/en-ca/windows-vista/windows-update-error-80070422-80244019-or-8ddd0018]

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Found the solution to my own question.
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I am having problems using Windows Update on one 2012 R2 server: &quot;There was a problem checking for updates. Error Code 80244019&quot;.<br />
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No WSUS Server in the network, &nbsp;and no GPO pointing to any WSUS Server. This happened after patching last monday. <br />
The problem does not occur on other servers on the network.<br />
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Any suggestions anyone?
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I am having problems using Windows Update on one 2012 R2 server: "There was a problem checking for updates. Error Code 80244019".

No WSUS Server in the network,  and no GPO pointing to any WSUS Server. This happened after patching last monday. 
The problem does not occur on other servers on the network.

Any suggestions anyone?

Windows Update error 80244019

Windows Server 2012 is the server version of Windows 8 and the successor to Windows Server 2008 R2. Windows Server 2012 is the first version of Windows Server to have no support for Itanium-based computers since Windows NT 4.0. Windows Server 2012, now in its second release (Windows Server 2012 Release 2) includes Foundation, Essentials, Standard and Datacenter, and does not support IA-32 or IA-64 processors.

Windows Server 2012

Windows Server Update Services (WSUS), previously known as Software Update Services (SUS), is a computer program developed by Microsoft that enables administrators to manage the distribution of updates and hotfixes released for Microsoft products to computers.