Error number: 0x80072EE2

Cant use windows Update or windows live Messenger, ok download SG TCP
Optimizer click Optimal settings and then on the MTU type in 1472 then Apply
changes, Thats it! it worked for me!

Today (16DEC2008) Windows Update needed to install two things (cannot
remember what they were) in order to run. When I click either Express or
Custom, no updates are later displayed except an error message:

Error number: 0x80072EE2

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The solutions did not help. I believe it is one of those installations that
caused the problem.

Can Microsoft or someone confirm this?

Error 0x80072EE2 is: ERROR_INTERNET_TIMEOUT

Translation: The request has timed out.


These errors indicate that the Windows Update client did not receive a
response from the Windows Update or Microsoft Update Web site. This may be
caused by programs that are running on the client computer or by general
network-related failures

Try again later, maybe tomorrow, this error sometimes rectifies itself
without intervention. The servers may be overloaded.