<p>I have recently stumbled upon another Windows Update error on Windows Server 2016. This time the system was unable to check for updates with Windows Update error code <strong>80244010</strong>.</p>
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<p>Windows could not search for new updates. There was a problem checking for updates. Error found: Code 80244010. Windows Update ran into a problem. I had no luck with deleting the contents of the Software Distribution folder. Even re-registering and re-reporting to WSUS didn&#8217;t help.</p>
<p>After this, I have checked the <strong>WindowsUpdate.log</strong> located in <strong>C:\Windows\ folder </strong>where I have noticed the following error message:</p>
<p>852 1150 PT WARNING: Exceeded max server round trips: 0x80244010<br />
852 1150 PT WARNING: Sync of Updates: 0x80244010<br />
852 1150 PT WARNING: SyncServerUpdatesInternal failed: 0x80244010<br />
852 1150 Agent * WARNING: Failed to synchronize, error = 0x80244010<br />
852 1150 Agent * WARNING: Exit code = 0x80244010</p>
<p>Because of this error, there was no way to get updates from the server without waiting for a couple of days.</p>
<p>After a couple of days without any additional intervention from my side, I have logged on to the server and have noticed that updates are available for installation.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone wp-image-3279 size-full" title="Windows Update error code 80244010" src="https://www.wincert.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/update-error-80244010_2.jpg" alt="" width="624" height="186" /></p>
<p>Hopefully, this article will save some time for admins with the same Windows Update error code 80244010.</p>