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How to resolve Windows Update Error 8024402F on Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit?

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I have been having the same problem with Windows Updates on 2 of my machines at home, both running Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit. One of the 2 machines is a brand new install, the other has run Windows Update in the past, but is also not working now. When I manually check for updates using the Cont…

Error Output

day@ord1:~$ wget http://test.update.microsoft.com/windowsupdate/v6/vistadefault.aspx
--2011-03-17 00:01:27--  http://test.update.microsoft.com/window…

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Fix for: How to resolve Windows Update Error 8024402F on Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit?

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Solved. I haven't heard back from Microsoft Support since sending them my log files, but I got some time to take a look myself. Here's a relevant snippet: Note the failure to download http://download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/common/2009/0…

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