Interesting you should say that, although the machine can browse the
Internet using MSIE OK, I have seen posts on the Internet about XP machines
with a similar issue and the fix was to run "proxycfg -d". Vista
unfortunately doesn't have "proxycfg", the nearest I could find is the netsh
winhttp commands, but I used those to both clear and set the proxy but it
didn't help.

I've decided to give up on this for now as yet another Vista "issue", it's
not causing me that much inconvenience and I've got a lot of much more
urgent issues I need to be dealing with

Thanks for all the ideas though guys

Peter Lawton

"TaurArian" <taurarianREMOVECAPS@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Did you check the proxy settings.
>
> http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Win...96dd61033.mspx
>
>
>
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>
> "Peter Lawton" <dummy@dummy.domain> wrote in message
> news:e6f$8i%23tIHA.576@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> | Nobody seems to be reading my posts unfortunately, this is not a WSUS
> issue
> | at all, WSUS is working fine.
> |
> | I'm sitting at another Vista machine in another domain at the moment.
> This
> | machine is also set to use WSUS but this machine can also update
> directly
> | from MS, by selecting the "Check online for updates from Microsoft
> Update"
> | in the right pane of the Windows Update control panel. This is what the
> PC
> | I'm having problems with can't do and it gives the error 80244016
> |
> | Peter Lawton
> |
> | "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message
> | news:%23dl3ed%23tIHA.5892@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> | > 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 ?
> | >
> |
>
>