After installing MS Office 2003 then updating to office SP3 why does the Win 7 updater break?, error "WindowsUpdate_80072EFE." I've had to repair it on 2 accusation via "services.msc." after receiving updates for MS Office, possibly a Win 7 bug? any help please

fred - From my research, the error 80072EFE isn't clearly defined online - but it seems to have to do with a connection error of some sort. It could be an app getting in the way of Windows Update (i.e. a firewall), or it could be a networking issue. Another possible issue would be your clock - make sure it's set to the correct time and time zone. A third possible culprit - antivirus. Which one are you running? If so, try disabling it.

you might look at this older informations: http://www.electrosonics.net/technotes/xperror0x8024402C.htm. the errorcode itself seems related to wrong proxy / firewall settings, but i've no idea how these would be changed by updating Office 2003.Mobile AMD64 3000+, VIA Apollo K8T800 chipset, 1 G RAM, ATIRadeonMobility 9700, 20x DVDRW, C:XPSP3 (55G),D:WIN7 (25G),F:DATA (250G)

another possible workaround: http://chris123nt.com/2009/01/18/sqm-client-causing-crashing-in-windows-7/.Mobile AMD64 3000+, VIA Apollo K8T800 chipset, 1 G RAM, ATIRadeonMobility 9700, 20x DVDRW, C:XPSP3 (55G),D:WIN7 (25G),F:DATA (250G)

Hi Wolfie, I haven't installed a third party firewall, clock & time zone correct, NOD32 Antivirus, checked network settings nothing there that I can see that would cause updater to stop working, thanks for the suggestions though.

Hi Sanmartin, Checked some of what you suggested, still looking into it, I'll let you know if it happens again or I find a solution, thanks

fredpav,Does the answer in this thread help?

fredpav,Did you ever get this worked out?

No, after many different attempts to fix I re-installed Win7, Office, etc, updated all, no problems since

No, after many different attempts to fix I re-installed Win7, Office 2003, etc, updated all including Drivers, no problems since