Client updates scan error 0x8024400D

If you get scan error 0x8024400D on the

 WindowsUpdate.log

“WARNING: SyncUpdates failure, error = 0x8024400D, soap client error = 7, soap error code = 300, HTTP status code = 200”

or is it reported to the server you could run the following PowerShell to fix the client that is not sending back the Scan results

$Path_WU = get-childitem env:windir

$Path_WU_Org = $Path_WU.value + "\SoftwareDistribution"

write-host (" ")

write-host ("Source folder: ") -foreground yellow -nonewline; write-host ($Path_WU_Org) -foreground green

write-host (" ")

write-host ("Cleaning up UpdateStore WMI") -foreground yellow

write-host (" ")

$WMI_CACHE_WU = Get-WmiObject -Class CCM_UpdateStatus -Namespace ROOT\ccm\SoftwareUpdates\UpdatesStore -ComputerName localhost

$WMI_CACHE_WU | Remove-WmiObject

write-host ("Stopping WUA") -foreground yellow

write-host (" ")

net stop "wuauserv"

sleep 30

write-host ("Renaming folder: ") -foreground yellow -nonewline; write-host ($Path_WU_Org) -foreground green

write-host (" ")

Rename-Item -Path $Path_WU_Org -NewName "SoftwareDistribution.old"

write-host ("Starting WUA") -foreground yellow

write-host (" ")

net start "wuauserv"

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