Windows Update 80244019 error on Windows 7

Recently I came across an error : Windows Update 80244019 error on Windows 7. The error comes up when trying to perform an update on a windows 7 system ( mine was 32 bits).
The solution for me was a simple one  - i just stopped a running service WinHttpAutoProxySvc - WinHTTP Web Proxy Auto-Discovery Service.
This service is supposed to do the following: WinHTTP implements the client HTTP stack and provides developers with a Win32 API and COM Automation component for sending HTTP requests and receiving responses. In addition, WinHTTP provides support for auto-discovering a proxy configuration via its implementation of the Web Proxy Auto-Discovery (WPAD) protocol.

You can stop it by typing services.msc on a command prompt and scroll down in the list until you find the above service - stop it and set it on Disabled. That will be all you need to do.

And now you will have a running update service for Windows 7.
It's that simple :)