WHS - Windows Update Failure

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Published on 2009-09-30T03:33:24Z Indexed on 2010/04/05 3:03 UTC
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Clicking "Update Now..." inside my EX470 control panel for Windows Update produces the following error message:

"Windows Home Server updates installation can not complete. Please try again later. If the problem persists, please restart the server."

I have rebooted the server numerous times, and I have also used remote desktop to connect to the machine to perform the update this way, however the browser is unable to pull up http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com. This is very strange behavior because I am able to access all other sites (gmail.com, serverfault.com, etc).

Would it be possible for someone to explain to me how I can check to see what is blocking the connection of this device, which apparently has a valid internet connection, to the Microsoft Windows Update site?

note #1 Using the shortcut: %SystemRoot%\system32\wupdmgr.exe does not work either. It says "Connecting to 65.55.200.155..." but nothing ever happens. This is strange because all other sites seem fine. Also, I can connect to windowsupdate.microsoft.com on my local desktop so I know this is running as well

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