See if the advice in this link helps:
http://www.updatexp.com/0x8024402c.html
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Hope this helps.
Gerry
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"sjirg" wrote in message
>I can no longer access Windows Update - also I have Windows Defender
> installed and am unable to update that. I keep getting the following
> message:
>
> Error number: 0x8024402C
>
> Only started getting this when I installed IE 7 (which I have now
> removed as
> I access internet through BTYahoo!) - but even after removing IE 7 I
> still
> cannot access updates.
>
> Can anybody help me?