Windows not updating - error code 80072EFD
I cannot update Windows at all and it keeps coming up with this error "code 80072EFD". I have tried all the solutions that I have found on Microsoft and on other support sites (checking that the update sites are allowed, stopping my antivirus and trying to update, stopping my firewall and trying etc etc) and nothing is working. Any help with this will be much appreciated. Thanks PS - I am on an Acer Aspire notebook with Windows Vista Home Premium.
March 16th, 2010 10:09am

Did you ever find a solution? I am having the same issues and I also have an acer with windows home vista
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May 11th, 2010 4:10pm

no, no solution - I did lots of disk scans, antispyware scans, antivirus scans etc and eventually one of them must have found something as it started working. It is unreliable though as it keeps having similar problems and I've read on other forums that it happens often and is something to do with vista.
May 11th, 2010 9:11pm

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June 21st, 2010 7:59pm

I haven't been able to get Windows updates since June 09. I have contacted Microsoft's "Mr. Fix It"...they've had me do everything under the sun and still cannot update. Then they wanted me to install a new copy of Vista, but I was unwilling to lose a lot of the stuff that came standard on my Acer. If anybody finds a solution that actually works, please post! I am also on an Acer Aspire with Vista Home Premium. Thank you! Also, I can sign on to messenger fine.
June 30th, 2010 8:16am

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