Windows Update returns 80244021 and does not work

Hello,

I have a WSUS running with all updates also to include Win8 and Win2012.

All my other Clients/Servers with Win7/XP and 2008R2 are soing fine!

Not the Win8 Machine is giving me the 80244021 Error... no idea why.

Any idesas?

January 5th, 2013 11:35pm

Hi,

from: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938205

0x80244021
WU_E_PT_HTTP_STATUS_BAD_GATEWAY
Same as HTTP status 502 - the server, while acting as a gateway or proxy, received an invalid response from the upstream server it accessed in attempting to fulfill the request.

seems like a networking issue at this machine, or in the path

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January 6th, 2013 12:28am

well so far so good, but what should the machine do different from the others on the same network?

The WSUS is on the same network an the client wouldn't have to pass any gateway or proxy. Ping to the WSUS machine also works fine.

Could it be that somehow the WinUpdClient thinks it has to use the Proxyserver which is configured via GPO for the end users?

January 8th, 2013 10:03pm

Hi...

Error code 80244021 means that your computer can't get online...
Reason can be proxy server, so the best way to avoid this is to setup manualy primary and secundary DNS server...

Primary is your default company DNS, and secundary should be Google public DNS: 8.8.8.8

After you set up DNS, start over with "Check for updates" and thats it!!!

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April 27th, 2015 5:05pm

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