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update and defender error 0X80072EE2. email socket error 10053 0X800CCC0F

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Customer was having many strange problems with his PC.

He also needed a second PC connected to the net (thus I needed to setup his new dlink di-524 wireless router).

After a marathon effort, I got everything plugged in, and fixed most problems… except:

Running windows updates and updating windows defender, the PC would give a 0x80072EE2 error.

Also, email (thunderbird) would work fine, except attempting to open attachments would generate a socket error 10053 , error 0x800CCC0F

The email problem was most unusual, so I tackled that first:

I reset the xp firewall back to its default setting, but no go.

I tried setting up outlook express, and it gave the same error message.

I tried webmail, and that worked.

OK, at this stage, I’m starting to suspect a problem with the ISP (hotkey).

I call hotkey support, and I’m surprised to hear that they have seen these problems before.

The cause: the dlink di-524 router.

I’m not sure exactly what, within the brand new di-524, is causing the problem, but all the problems vanished after replacing it with a similar netgear wireless router.

microsoft update generates a 0X80072EE2 error

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After updating a customer laptop to XP SP2, doing a windows update generated a 80072EE2 error message.

A quick search showed that it can be caused by a firewall.

Thats odd. The PC had no firewall before I installed SP2, so the “pristine” XP firewall should be fine.

But since I’ve seen the XP firewall occasionally stop working correctly, I decide to reset it (control panel -> windows firewall -> advanced -> restore defaults).

And thats all that was needed to fix the 0x80072ee2 error 🙂

defender error 0X80072EE2

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I am finding so many bogus windows defender errors, most of which disappear once windows defender is restarted, or the PC is restarted. Most seem to happen only after the initial install of windows defender.

But this particular one (0x8007E22E) happened to a laptop that had been running windows defender for a few weeks… and the owner called me because windows defender wasn’t updating anymore.

The main problem was the the customer didn’t wait for windows defender to complete its updates. (Customer was on dialup internet, and defender gives virtually no feedback that it is currently updating itself (I found the only way to tell is to click on the arrow near the help circle, and if the “check for updates” menu option is greyed-out, then it is in the process of updating… very annoying).

Its odd, since windows defender will give visual feedback on some other PCs… its almost like there are a few “undocumented” versions of windows defender out there…