Workaround for “Server Stumbled” issue with the error code 0x80072EFD

[vasudev]

Store Quality team of Microsoft has posted a workaround for the “Server Stumbled” issue with the error code 0x80072EFD.

There were many reports of Windows 10 users facing this issue of “Server Stumbled” with error code 0x80072EFD . This error manifests in Network connectivity issues from the Client to the Store Services. A workaround is made available as listed below to tackle this:

Using an administrator account on the affected machine, open the registry editor and navigate to the following key

“HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\C urrentVersion\NetworkList\Profiles”

After navigating to the said key, do this:

• Right click on Profiles key and go to Permissions
• Click Advanced
• Check the ‘Replace all child object permission entries with inheritable permission entries from this object’
• Apply
• Restart the machine
• Try connecting the Store again and you will not see the Error 0x80072EFD

(Source:Answers, meraTechPort)

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