result code: 80244019

This error is happening with 15 or more updates with our WSUS server. I have approved the updates on the WSUS console but the updates are not downloading to the server itself. The client machines are trying to download the updates from WSUS but they dont seem to be on WSUS? Below is a log file that you can check out:

2006-03-18 09:50:56 780 320 Report REPORT EVENT:
{2734D812-3679-47DB-920B-41BAA5F37723} 2006-03-18
09:50:51-0500 1 161 101 {9306CDFC-C4A1-4A22-9996-848CB67EDDC3} 100 80244019 AutomaticUpdates Failure Content Download Error: Download failed.
2006-03-18 09:51:12 780 a88 DnldMgr WARNING: BITS job
{44BC5A1A-B1D9-4299-86F5-2817453C60DD} failed, updateId =
{4E91B675-E239-4ED1-8AD7-D02F6E559BFB}.100, hr = 0x80190194, BG_ERROR_CONTEXT
= 5
2006-03-18 09:51:12 780 a88 DnldMgr Progress failure bytes total =
572945, bytes transferred = 0
2006-03-18 09:51:12 780 a88 DnldMgr Failed job file: URL =
http://server/Content/B1/B67419B0CAF...E546A6DEB1.exe, local
path =
C:\WINNT\SoftwareDistribution\Download\S-1-5-18\9920d363cc002f310cd7b50c18eb5152\WindowsXP-KB899587-x86-express-ENU.exe
2006-03-18 09:51:13 780 a88 DnldMgr Error 0x80244019 occurred while
downloading update; notifying dependent calls.
2006-03-18 09:51:13 1568 954 DtaStor Update service properties: service
registered with AU is {9482F4B4-E343-43B6-B170-9A65BC822C77}
2006-03-18 09:51:13 1568 954 DtaStor WARNING: Update Service: Failed to
update backup store
2006-03-18 09:51:13 780 784 AU >>## RESUMED ## AU: Download update
[UpdateId = {1AFB1AFE-9AAF-4DC4-9DAC-C75303A84655}]
2006-03-18 09:51:13 780 784 AU # WARNING: Download failed, error =
0x80244019
2006-03-18 09:51:13 780 784 AU #########
2006-03-18 09:51:13 780 784 AU ## END ## AU: Download updates
2006-03-18 09:51:13 780 784 AU #############
2006-03-18 09:51:18 780 784 Report REPORT EVENT:
{A47E0DD0-36D1-427F-B15E-BC9E9327F1CD} 2006-03-18
09:51:13-0500 1 161 101 {1AFB1AFE-9AAF-4DC4-9DAC-C75303A84655} 100 80244019 AutomaticUpdates Failure Content Download Error: Download failed.
2006-03-18 09:57:08 780 784 Report Uploading 19 events using cached cookie,
reporting URL = http://server/ReportingWebService/Re...ebService.asmx

Can anyone please help?

If the client machines cant detect the update unless it was first downloaded successfully to the server then the issue would be that the files were downloaded successfully but deleted from the server's file system. You can try to run the "wsusutil reset" on the WSUS server to refresh the content store.

Are you by any chance using a proxy server?

Thanks for the replies, I tried it out what you said but it seems to me that the updates have not been downloaded again. When I checked the logs then they are still trying to download a file that is not on the WSUS server. Any other suggestion would be welcomed.

Occasionally, you might discover a client that isn’t automatically installing updates correctly. Such clients are typically identified during software update audits. To identify the source of the problem, follow these steps given on this link - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/m.../gg153542.aspx