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Unable to download updates 8024402C
From comments on other forums this problem affects a number of users and the workaround that seems to work is to change the get DNS server definition from automatic to manual, but the question is why?
I first took my notebook with W7 starter on holiday where it worked perfectly downloading updates without changing anything. This suggested the problem is not on my PC, but external.
Back home I had to change the DNS settings to manual using 4.2.2.2 for DNS server, after which the downloads worked fine (I have another PC at home that runs XP without any such problems). This hints at a problem with the DNS server or the update server that the DNS points to, but another user found the DNS server used when in automatic mode, changed to manual, defined the same DNS server and that worked. This suggests the problem isn't external either.
Anyone got any thoughts on this?