Is your time *zone* correct?

cf.
http://www.microsoft.com/communities...1bc30aa463&p=1

cf.
http://groups.google.com/group/micro...d545e79b7df874

cf.
http://update.microsoft.com/windowsu...=en&IsMu=False

cf. http://support.microsoft.com/?id=326253

cf. http://www.updatexp.com/0x80072f8f.html
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002


lrh381b2 wrote:
> Thanks for all the suggestions, I tied everysingle one of them, but
> Windows
> update still gives me the same error message: "Your computer's date and
> time
> appear to be out of sync with an update
> certificate. To fix this:
> 1. In Control Panel, open Date and Time Properties.
> 2. Ensure that the date and time are correct.
>
> Read more about steps you can take to resolve this problem (error number
> 0x80072F8F) yourself."
>
>
> "Detlev Dreyer" wrote:
>
>> "lrh381b2" <lrh381b2@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I think the virus corrupted a critical file in the windows directory,
>>> so Windows would not boot. After talking to the help desk for the
>>> computer manufacturer, My only choice was to erase the hard drive and
>>> make it like a new computer.
>>
>> This was certainly the best solution in terms of system security.
>>
>>> Everything works now except for Windows Update.
>>
>> In addition to PA Bear's reply there are some tools around fixing that
>> problem, eg. http://wiki.djlizard.net/Dial-a-fix or
>> http://download.mshelper.de/mshregs/winUpdRstre.exe
>>
>> --
>> d-d