Solved Code 80072F8F / Internet Time Synch Error

This started because I had to pull the battery on my motherboard to reset the CMOS, which solved the initial problem I was having, but now Windows Update doesn't work, giving me the Code 80072F8F error, which Windows helpfully tells me is because "your computer's date and time might not be the same as the date and time for the online Windows Update service."

So, I manually updated the date/time and tried again.

No dice.

I then attempted to do a Internet Time Synch and got the extremely helpful error message, "An error occurred."

I tried all of the time servers automatically provided by Windows.

Same error.

I then looked up a list of time servers and manually input the one closest to my physical location.

Same error.

I then opened up a command prompt and tried manually stopping, unregistering, registering and starting the Time Service.

The error persists.

From searching, it seems like this a (fairly) common problem, but at this point, I seem to have exhausted the "solutions" that I've found so on the web.

How do I get the time synch and, more importantly, Windows Update, working again?

TIA,

Stuart

Hello, see if you can do a system restore to another date

Hello, see if you can do a system restore to another date

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Thanks for the help, the suggestion fixed the issue, though I didn't actually reset to a previous system restore point.

When I opened the restore wizard, I noticed that I'd made a really stupid mistake. When I first set the date/time after clearing the CMOS/ resetting the BIOS and although I'd synched the day, month and time correctly, I'd somehow overlooked the fact that the current year was set to 2008.

::facepalm::

Doh.

Thanks again!

That will do it. Glad you are solved, thanks for using Vista Forums .