This article stated that the the error code meant ERROR_INTERNET_DECODING_FAILED, and indicated a time mismatch between the update server and the target computer. The built-in Get help with this error was unsuccessful so a quick search of the internet identified this article at Technet. When I attempted to run the Windows Update check to our SCCM server the following error was displayed: The strange part was that this was previously working. I recently came across an issue using SCCM to push Windows Updates to our non-domain joined servers residing in the DMZ.
The posts discusses a method of addressing Windows Update error 0x80072F8F in the context of SCCM and non-domain joined machines.
