You mean 951847? Ouch. So it it.

Papi wrote: Standard spiel for a Windows XP machine that won’t update properly (although you probably won’t be able to say the machine is clean without a wipe.) Download, install, run, update and perform a full scan (separately) with the following two applications (freeware versions are the ones to use for this):

Security Update for Exchange 2000 Server (KB959897). Feb 10th, 2009 by Microsoft Download Center Feed

This update addresses the vulnerability discussed in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS09-002. To find out if other security updates are available for you, see the Overview section of this page

I tried to install the windows update KB960714 but it can’t be completed. Unknown error found is code 80073712! I tried to restart many times, and tried to download from the download centre manually but it still can’t work. Does anyone know how to solve it

I was talking with my good friend Joao Madureira about some of the recent issues he’s been seeing on WSUS and he pointed me to an interesting one where you get an 0×80072AFC error after approving updates.  We didn’t see a lot of documentation on this already so we decided to post his analysis here: ======== Issue: After approving updates in WSUS 3.x , download manager shows error 0×80072AFC saying that updates cannot be downloaded.  The BITS service may also be paused. You will also see the following in the Windowsupdate.log: 7.1.6001.65, tz: -0600)  =========== 2009-01-28    22:28:54:953    2420    15ac    Misc      = Process: C:WINDOWSsystem32wuauclt.exe 2009-01-28    22:28:54:953    2420    15ac    AUClnt    Launched Client UI process 2009-01-28    22:28:55:000    2420    15ac    Misc    ===========  Logging initialized (build: 7.1.6001.65, tz: -0600)  =========== 2009-01-28    22:28:55:000    2420    15ac    Misc      = Process: C:WINDOWSsystem32wuauclt.exe 2009-01-28    22:28:55:000    2420    15ac    Misc      = Module: C:WINDOWSsystem32wucltui.dll 2009-01-28    22:28:55:000    2420    15ac    CltUI    AU client got new directive = ‘Download Progress’, serviceId = {3DA21691-E39D-4DA6-8A4B-B43877BCB1B7}, return = 0×00000000 2009-01-28    22:28:55:000    2420    15ac    CltUI    AU client creating default WU/WSUS UI plugin 2009-01-28    22:28:55:344     824    127c    DnldMgr    Error 0×80072afc occurred while downloading update; notifying dependent calls. 2009-01-28    22:28:55:344     824    1094    AU    AU checked download status and it changed: Downloading is paused 2009-01-28    22:28:55:344    2420    15ac    CltUI    AU client got new directive = ‘Shutdown’, serviceId = {3DA21691-E39D-4DA6-8A4B-B43877BCB1B7}, return = 0×00000000 Cause: This can occur if the clients are unable to access any or all of the following sites and WSUS is set not to store updates locally: http://download.windowsupdate.com https://*.windowsupdate.microsoft.com http://*.windowsupdate.microsoft.com http://*.update.microsoft.com http://*.download.windowsupdate.com http://update.microsoft.com http://*.windowsupdate.com http://download.microsoft.com http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com http://ntservicepack.microsoft.com http://wustat.windows.com https://*.update.microsoft.com https://update.microsoft.com Many times this can occur if the clients access the Windows Update website through a server that is running Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server and that server requires authentication

Today the WSUS product group launched the WSUS 3.0 Service Pack 2 beta program over on our Connect site so if you want to get a head start on testing and evaluating this Service Pack then you’ll want to make your way over there and download a copy today.  WSUS 3.0 Service Pack 2 addresses a number of product features and fixes and includes the addition of support for Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7.  Just remember that you have to be a registered Connect user and logged in or you won’t see the download being available. The official Connect site where you can read the documentation and download your own copy of the beta is here: http://connect.microsoft.com/site/sitehome.aspx?SiteID=110 The WSUS product team blog also has a nice write-up detailing our new OS support, feature improvements and fixes in the SP here: http://blogs.technet.com/wsus/archive/2009/01/26/wsus-3-0-sp2-beta-program-now-available-on-microsoft-connect.aspx There’s also a link on the front page of our TechNet site which is where you’ll find all the latest news for a variety of products: Enjoy! J.C. Hornbeck | Manageability Knowledge Engineer

[X-post to Windows Update newsgroup] See these recent discussions, Rusty: [link]

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