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Disable any Firewall / Managing bandwidth software and retry.
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Disable any Firewall / Managing bandwidth software and retry.

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Hi,<br />
<br />
Looks like the component store or update folder would have corrupted. Follow the procedure as per this article <a href="https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/947821/fix-windows-update-errors-by-using-the-dism-or-system-update-readiness" rel="ugc">https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/947821/fix-windows-update-errors-by-using-the-dism-or-system-update-readiness</a>&nbsp;and see if it resolve the issue.
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Hi,

Looks like the component store or update folder would have corrupted. Follow the procedure as per this article https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/947821/fix-windows-update-errors-by-using-the-dism-or-system-update-readiness [https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/947821/fix-windows-update-errors-by-using-the-dism-or-system-update-readiness] and see if it resolve the issue.

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I also suggest you try the Microsoft Update Troubleshooter:<br />
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<a href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971058" rel="ugc">http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971058</a><br />
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That works for multiple operating systems including Server 2008.
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I also suggest you try the Microsoft Update Troubleshooter:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971058 [http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971058]

That works for multiple operating systems including Server 2008.

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This solution solved my problem. &nbsp;The other input was very good however.
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This solution solved my problem.  The other input was very good however.

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Server 2008 R2 standalone sever. &nbsp;All of a sudden getting error message saying this Windows could not search for new updates Code 80072F7C &nbsp;from the updater and t his in the application even log. &nbsp;Last update was 9-13 with no problem.<br />
EventData <br />
&nbsp; &nbsp;0 <br />
&nbsp; &nbsp;WindowsUpdateFailure3 <br />
&nbsp; &nbsp;Not available <br />
&nbsp; &nbsp;0 <br />
&nbsp; &nbsp;7.6.7601.23806 <br />
&nbsp; &nbsp;80072f7c <br />
&nbsp; &nbsp;D67661EB-2423-451D-BF5D-13<wbr />199E37DF28<wbr /> <br />
&nbsp; &nbsp;Scan <br />
&nbsp; &nbsp;1 <br />
&nbsp; &nbsp;0 <br />
&nbsp; &nbsp;0 <br />
&nbsp; &nbsp;SelfUpdate <br />
&nbsp; &nbsp;{3DA21691-E39D-4DA6-8A4B-B<wbr />43877BCB1B<wbr />7} <br />
&nbsp; &nbsp;0 <br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; <br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; <br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; <br />
&nbsp; &nbsp;0 <br />
&nbsp; &nbsp;257bb928-9d2f-11e7-81d0-00<wbr />0423cdb8cd<wbr /> <br />
&nbsp; &nbsp;0
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Server 2008 R2 standalone sever.  All of a sudden getting error message saying this Windows could not search for new updates Code 80072F7C  from the updater and t his in the application even log.  Last update was 9-13 with no problem.
EventData 
   0 
   WindowsUpdateFailure3 
   Not available 
   0 
   7.6.7601.23806 
   80072f7c 
   D67661EB-2423-451D-BF5D-13199E37DF28 
   Scan 
   1 
   0 
   0 
   SelfUpdate 
   {3DA21691-E39D-4DA6-8A4B-B43877BCB1B7} 
   0 
    
    
    
   0 
   257bb928-9d2f-11e7-81d0-000423cdb8cd 
   0

Windows update error how to fix it

Windows Updates

This topic area includes legacy versions of Windows prior to Windows 2000: Windows 3/3.1, Windows 95 and Windows 98, plus any other Windows-related versions including Windows Mobile.

Windows OS

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.