Windows Update service unable to start, Error 0x8007277a

The fix described by user ARCHER worked to perfection for me. I had tried chkdsk, sfc/scannow, without avail. Resetting winsock worked, and now I can update again.

Thanks a million for a simple fix!!!

Wow, bravo.
Not only did this get my Windows Update working again but it also fixed Windows communicating with my printer which was my original problem!

Thank you Archer! This worked for me :)

This fix worked for my PC also. Thanks a lot. :)

My original problem was my printer not printing. Then I couldn't update windows so I did a search in Google and it sent me here. I so much appreciate this fix it fixed my whole windows.

archer said:

Hi, Welcome to forums.

This could be an issue with third party winsock. You can reset winsock. Here's how you can do it.

1.Click the Windows Start button.

2. Type Cmd in the Start Search text box and press Ctrl-Shift-Enter (keyboard shortcut to run Command Prompt as Administrator). Click Continue to allow elevation request.

3. Type netsh winsock reset in the Command Prompt shell, and then press the Enter key.

4. Type netsh int ipv4 reset in the Command Prompt shell, and then press the Enter key.

5. If you use ipv6, type netsh int ipv6 reset in the Command Prompt shell, and then press the Enter key.

Note: you may need to run Network Diagnostics afterwards to "repair" your connection after this.

This worked a charm! Not only did you fix the error with Windows Updates but you also managed to clear an error I was experiencing where IE would not load any web page on this profile - IE worked fine on all other profiles and chrome worked on every profile too!

Not too sure how the hell these were linked but congrats you legend!