Windows Vista Microsoft Updates WON'T Install

[letsdoamazing]

Hey guys,

So, I am having a problem with getting the updates installed on a friends Vista laptop.

I went in to services and stop and restarted the BITS service and rebooted and tried it with no success.

I keep getting error "80072efd", which says to add these 3 things to the firewall

http://*.update.microsoft.com

https://*.update.microsoft.com

http://download.windowsupdate.com

Number one, I don't see a place to add a URL to an exception list, its just programs..
Number two, those are supposed to be already added in (according to MS)
Number three, when I just removed the firewall, I still couldn't do the updates.

Any suggestions?

 

[Sik00]

Maybe try resetting the Update components?

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/91738-windows-update-reset.html

How do I reset Windows Update components?

 

[Cato]

If those haven't worked for you, you could check this and see if it's what you are looking for:

You may encounter temporary connection-related errors when you use Windows Update or Microsoft Update to install updates