What I am doing is this:-

Open "Windows Update" in control panel

Select "Check online for updates from Microsoft Update" in the right pane
(as this machine is set up for WSUS clicking "Check for updates" in the left
pane will check WSUS, not online)

In the right hand pane I then get a red cross and a message "Windows could
not search for new updates" and the informative "Error(s) found code
80244016"

How do I fix this ?

Thanks

Peter Lawton

"TaurArian" <taurarianREMOVECAPS@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> 0x80244016 - SUS_E_PT_HTTP_STATUS_BAD_REQUEST
> Http status 400 - invalid syntax
>
> For Vista , the website has been replaced by Windows Update in Control
> Panel. If you want
> to check for updates manually, follow these steps:
> 1. Open Windows Update by clicking the Start button, clicking All
> Programs, and then
> clicking Windows Update.
>
> 2. In the left pane, click Check for updates.
>
>
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> "Peter Lawton" <dummy@dummy.domain> wrote in message
> news:ecz4X0ytIHA.3420@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> | Running Windows Vista Business and can't run Windows update from the
> | Microsoft site, I get the error 80244016
> |
> | I've re-built the PC from scratch after formatting the HDD and I still
> get
> | the same error.
> |
> | This PC is able to update from WSUS OK.
> |
> | Other XP PCs with the same proxy and in the same OU can run Windows
> Update
> | from the Web OK.
> |
> | Searches of the Web advise running "proxycfg -d " but as this is Vista
> is
> | doesn't have "proxycfg"
> |
> | I don't suppose that error means anything sensible to anyone or that
> there's
> | a fix for it ?
> |
> | Thanks
> |
> | Peter Lawton
> |
>
>