
In fact, if the Windows Update client produces this "80072EFE" error, it's because it cannot connect to the Microsoft update server. Update the Windows Update client installed on Windows 8 Windows could not search for new updates.Īn error occured while checking for new updates for your computer.Įrror(s) found: Code 80072EFE - Windows Update encountered an unknown error.Ģ. You try to search for updates via Windows Update and the message "Checking for updates" appears.

Specifically, this is version 6.2 (number 9200).Īs you can see, Windows Update is disabled for now.Īnd we never installed an update on this computer. Windows Update produces a 80072EFE error on a clean Windows 8 installationįor this tutorial, we installed Windows 8 Professional (but the edition doesn't matter) in 64-bit (圆4).

