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Server 2003 SP2 unable to connect to Windows Update

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I have a Windows 2003 server that installed patched at the end of March with no issues. At about the end of May, the server was no longer able to connect to Windows Update, failing with an error code of 0xc80003F3. Below is sample of the log:

2013-05-1015:05:47:999852168Agent* Criteria = "IsHidden=0 and IsInstalled=0 and DeploymentAction='Installation' and IsAssigned=1 or IsHidden=0 and IsPresent=1 and DeploymentAction='Uninstallation'
and IsAssigned=1 or IsHidden=0 and IsInstalled=1 and DeploymentAction='Installation' and IsAssigned=1 and RebootRequired=1 or IsHidden=0 and IsInstalled=0 and DeploymentAction='Uninstallation' and IsAssigned=1 and RebootRequired=1"

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