Are you using Norton Anti Virus v9.05.15?
If you are there is an option to enable/disable Script Blocking. Disable it.
Then perform your update.

Hope it help. I had this same problem until I was looking into another
problem.


"giesen" wrote:

> My issue seems to be related to the WUWebControl Class (wuweb.dll) and and
> the XML HTTP Request (msxml3.dll). Playing around with disabling them in IE
> and deleting the DLLs (so that Windows restores them) gets my Windows Update
> temporarily working, until I close IE.
>
> "Niklas E" wrote:
>
> > I have the same problem on all my Windows 2003 server (english with sp1). Any
> > fixes for this? I have tried to add to trusted sites and proxycfg -d och -u
> > as suggested after the error occurs, but nothing helps.
> >
> > /Niklas
> >
> >
> > "giesen" wrote:
> >
> > > When I try to perform a manual Windows Update, the page tries to check if I
> > > have the latest version of the Windows Update ActiveX control and then gives
> > > me a page with:
> > >
> > > [Error number: 0x80072EFF]
> > > The website has encountered a problem and cannot display the page you are
> > > trying to view
> > >
> > > I have the Windows Update site in my Trusted Sites zone, I have security
> > > settings for the zone set to low, and I have confirmed ActiveX controls are
> > > enabled. I have tried all suggested fixes, but to no avail. I used to be able
> > > to perform Windows Updates without issue, and I dont think I've changed
> > > anything pertaining to it. Automatic Updates still work.