So I'm a little old IT bloke looking after 2 WSUS servers at 2 different companies, one on SBS 2003, one on 2003 R2, both, in the last 3 months have decided to fail spectacularly.
So I look on the internet for help, I search for the error codes I find, I usually, via our friend Google end up here, and I usually end up reading the pious self righteous and thoroughly annoying postings of Mr Garvin, now he may well be the world authority on WSUS, he may write the books, he may infact have written the utterly unstable software, but really friend, is there any need to be such a potent example of all that is wrong with IT these days?
I’d highly recommend to Microsoft that they review the validity of using this guy as the main exponent of WSUS on here, I’m sure some will find him charming and helpful, but, when I’m trying to fix a core part of Microsoft’s networking infrastructure that’s failing to work, having to trudge through pages of the mans mocking, condescending posting is sucking my will to carry on with WSUS.
Plus a straw poll of my afflicted and obviously thoroughly poorly educated WSUS admins has come up with the same answer, “Blimey that Lawrence wotsis name is an annoying chap isn’t he” – I have toned down the language a little
So the SBS Server is having WSUS removed as its more trouble than its worth, I’ll educate the users to go direct to Windows Update, the 2003 R2 server has been fixed, and I’d like to point out the that answer I needed wasn’t provided by our charming Mr Garvin
Mr G, you do realise that our lives as IT admins in this day and age don't revolve around one specific piece of software dont you? While you may have copious time to come on here as the world expert of WSUS and mock us morons, you do know that we've got SQL, Exchange, in-house dektop and web development, client and internal MI and a host of other work to do, you do realise that an SME in current times can't afford to have the level of specialism that you seem to expect, and when someone demonstrates they don't have this level, you mocking them is deeply insulting. After all, all I expect is that a piece of software that is deriguer for any clued up IT admin should behave a lot better than WSUS is at the moment.
Just my view, but MS....if you’re out there, have a think hey?