After reinstalling WSUS (following procedure in Technet document 70809) I can see all computers have been detected and are displayed in the Update Services console but none have reported after several days. All clients were reporting before the reinstall.
I have run wuauclt.exe /resetauthorization /detectnow but this does not work.
I have checked the registry settings:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate
WUServer REG_SZ
http://METSVR01:8530
WUStatusServer REG_SZ http://METSVR01:8530
ElevateNonAdmins REG_DWORD 0x1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU
I have run client diagnostics:
Checking Machine State
Checking for admin rights to run tool . . . . . . . . . PASS
Automatic Updates Service is running. . . . . . . . . . PASS
Background Intelligent Transfer Service is running. . . PASS
Wuaueng.dll version 7.6.7600.256. . . . . . . . . . . . PASS
This version is WSUS 2.0
Checking AU Settings
AU Option is 3 : Notify Prior to Install. . . . . . . . PASS
Option is from Policy settings
Checking Proxy Configuration
Checking for winhttp local machine Proxy settings . . . PASS
Winhttp local machine access type
<Direct Connection>
Winhttp local machine Proxy. . . . . . . . . . NONE
Winhttp local machine ProxyBypass. . . . . . . NONE
Checking User IE Proxy settings . . . . . . . . . . . . PASS
User IE Proxy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NONE
User IE ProxyByPass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . NONE
User IE AutoConfig URL Proxy . . . . . . . . . NONE
User IE AutoDetect
AutoDetect not in use
Checking Connection to WSUS/SUS Server
WUServer =http://METSVR01:8530
WUStatusServer =http://METSVR01:8530
UseWuServer is enabled. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PASS
Connection to server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PASS
SelfUpdate folder is present. . . . . . . . . . . . . . PASS
SelfUpdate folder is present. . . . . . . . . . . . . . PASS
When I attempt to connect to http://metsvr01:8530 in a browser, I get:
The website declined to show this webpage
HTTP 403
Most likely causes:
This website requires you to log in.
What you can try:
Go back to the previous page.
More information
This error (HTTP 403 Forbidden) means that Internet Explorer was able to connect to the
website, but it does not have permission to view the webpage.
I suspect this is at least part of the problem but I don't know where to check for this.
If I open http://metsvr01/selfupdate/wuident.cab, I am prompted to open or save wuident.cab
I have looked at threads in this forum but can't see a solution.