Hi jlauriale, welcome to the forums.
I've seen 1 solution somwhere that might help, it did with me once. Windows Update connects using IEs settings, you could try to 'reset' Internet Explorer in the advanced settings tab. This will completely reset IE, including any addons you may have installed.
NOTE
| | You will need to reinstall any addons you had, but try 1 at a time just in case it was 1 of them causing the issue |  |
Hope this helps
Jeff