See Lawrence's reply anyway. [He's the WSUS expert but I don't think a
machine can "check for updates" either way, Peter.]

Peter Lawton wrote:
> This machine can update from WSUS perfectly well, what it can't do is
> update
> from Microsoft Update, over the Internet, using the built in Vista
> "Windows
> Update" control panel
>
> Peter Lawton
>
> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:OCEBXf4tIHA.5832@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> You could start by posting in the WSUS newsgroup.
>>
>> Forwarded to WSUS newsgroup
>> (microsoft.public.windows.server.update_services) via crosspost as a
>> convenience to OP.
>>
>> On the web:
>> http://www.microsoft.com/communities... date_services
>>
>> In your newsreader:
>> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...pdate_services
>> --
>> ~PA Bear
>>
>> Peter Lawton wrote:
>>> 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 ?
>>>
>>> "TaurArian" <taurarianREMOVECAPS@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:eQF4Yq1tIHA.4716@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>> 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 For Vista , the website has been replaced by Windows Update in Control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.
>>>>
>>>> "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 ?