I have this error in the 'windows update.log' file of a client workstation.

2003-10-03 11:30:23 09:30:23 Error IUCTL
Failed to download iuident.cab from http://192.18.10.143
to C:\Program Files\WindowsUpdate\V4 (Error 0x80072EFD)

The workstation can't update the 'IUIDENT.CAB'. Then, the detection fails with error 0x80190195:

2003-10-03 09:23:34 07:23:34 Error IUENGINE
Querying software update catalog from
http://192.18.10.143/v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/autoupdate/getmanifest.asp (Error 0x80190195)

If I manually update the IUIDENT file, the above error disappears.

Anyone any clues on why the IUIDENT update failed?

Contributed By: Jose Morris [MS]
Yes. This is an issue of 'IUIDENT.CAB' not having the correct URLs. This was introduced when Microsoft server URLs were changed to 'akamai'. The new 'IUIDENT.CAB' has the new URLs.

Since the download of 'IUIDENT.CAB' is failing in your system, your clients are not able to get the latest URLs. That's the reason for the failure.

The error being returned for 'IUIDENT.CAB' download is 'ERROR_INTERNET_CANNOT_CONNECT'. This error can happen for a variety of reasons. Check if you are able to download this file by opening IE and by entering the URL, http://192.18.10.143/iuident.cab