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Windows Update Error 80072EE2 & 80072F78

Start > type cmd in start search > right click “run as administrator”.

Copy and paste the commands below as given in each line (one by one)

net stop wuauserv (hit Enter)

cd %systemroot% (hit Enter)

ren SoftwareDistribution SoftwareDistribution.old (Hit Enter)

net start wuauserv (Hit Enter)

net stop bits (Hit Enter)

net start bits (Hit Enter)

net stop cryptsvc (Hit Enter)

cd %systemroot%\system32 (Hit Enter)

ren catroot2 catroot2.old (Hit Enter)

net start cryptsvc (Hit Enter)

regsvr32 Softpub.dll /s (Hit Enter)

regsvr32 Wintrust.dll /s (Hit Enter)

regsvr32 Initpki.dll /s (Hit Enter)

regsvr32 Mssip32.dll /s (Hit Enter)

Restart the computer. Try Windows Update, Success, Windows update now working.