Here are the steps on how to change the proxy server used to connect to Windows Update (solution for Windows Vista, Windows 7 and newer versions of the Windows operating system including Windows 10). Turns out that Windows Update uses its own proxy server that is set in the Windows Registry. This was strange because no proxy server was used to connect to the Internet and no proxy server was configured in Internet Explorer. My friend's Windowsupdate.log contained a reference to a proxy server. This contains a log that lists all connection attempts, status reports and error messages that are encountered when trying to connect to Windows Update. The first thing that one should do when encountering Windows Update errors is to look at the Windowsupdate.log file in the Windows folder. Error 0x80072ee2 was displayed after all attempts. None of these suggestions helped solve the connection problem. Adding Windows Update servers to the proxy server exception list in Internet Explorer.Adding Windows Update servers to the trusted zone in Internet Explorer.Running the ipconfig /flushdns command in the command line.

Testing the connection to the Windows Update servers by downloading a file from it.

Checking the hosts file to make sure the Windows Update servers were not redirected.

Checking the firewall to make sure that the Windows Update servers were not blocked.

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