Alfie22
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I keep getting the message that Windows can't check for updates 
I get the error 80244019 every time.
It's doing my head in
can anyone help?????

I get the error 80244019 every time.
It's doing my head in

Hey dmex, i also have the exact same problem as Alfie22, and it's been going around for a couple of months already and it's really bothering me... i've tried your solution but it keeps poping up that windows cannot search updates due to error 80244019, also when using windows defender and trying to update it, the error message 0x80244019 appears...please tell me you have a solution, i have a vista business and I can't tell for sure but around the time i installed a new norton internet security these problems starting to occur....maybe it has something to do with that...
Hi dmex,
Yes i just tried it, but no real help on it, thanks anyway. Guess you we right, it's nothing of the Norton, do you have any more ideas of what may it be?
My ISP have been as perplexed as I was by this whole episode and as such have been very little help. They certainly haven't offered and advice as to how to resolve the issue.The problem is that that advice was offered to *you* by technical staff of your ISP - which makes it applicable to *you*.
I'm quite sure Belkin aren't the only ones with this problem and guessing from the forums on the web, there appear to be many people out there experiencing similar problems to mine.You're not understand the concept here - your situation is a *very* specialized situation and your advice should *not* be in public forums for anyone to try to use just out of the blue.
Hi Alfie22,
Perform the following steps to reset the Windows Update component.
1st. Stop the Background Intelligent Transfer Service and the Automatic Updates service. To do this, follow these steps:-Click Start/All Programs/Accessories. Right click 'Command Prompt' and select 'Run As Administrator'. Click 'Continue' on the UAC prompt.
-At the command prompt, type the following commands, and then press ENTER after each command:net stop wuauserv
net stop bits
2nd. Rename the Catroot2 folder. To do this, follow these steps:-Type the following commands, and then press Enter after each command.net stop cryptsvc
ren %systemroot%\System32\Catroot2 oldcatroot2
net start cryptsvc
3rd. Rename the "SoftwareDistribution" folder:-Type the following command, and then press Enter.
ren %systemroot%\SoftwareDistribution SoftwareDistribution.old
4. Register the files that are used by Windows Update and Microsoft Update. To do this, follow these steps:-At the command prompt, type the following commands, press ENTER after each -command, and then click OK every time that you receive a verification message:
regsvr32 wuapi.dll
regsvr32 wuaueng.dll
regsvr32 wucltux.dll
regsvr32 wups2.dll
regsvr32 wups.dll
regsvr32 wuwebv.dll
5. Start the Background Intelligent Transfer Service, the Automatic Updates service, and the Event Log service. To do this, follow these steps:-At the command prompt, type the following commands, and then press ENTER after each command:
net start bits
net start wuauserv
net start Eventlog
exit
Reboot the computer and try Windows Update again.Let us know the results.
Steven