Getting 2012 servers to update from a 2012 WSUS server?
Hi All,[account not verified yet so can't have links, my http addresses don't actually have spaces]I am having some troubles getting my 2012 servers to get updates from my 2012 WSUS server; all of...
View ArticlePausing Windows Updates without disabling or stopping the service
Hi there,Have an interesting problem I am trying to resolve for a customer.The customer has asked us to ensure that all software is installed on newly built Windows machines from Microsoft ConfigMgr as...
View ArticleWSUS client formating
when i am format any wsus client and then connect to wsus server, the update will start to client machine. my query is before formatting a client is showing 100% update, but after formating the update...
View ArticleDifference between Wsus 3.0 and Wsus 4.0
Hi all,I would like to know what are differences between Wsus 3.0 and Wsus 4.0. I have already notice that for Local Publishing, the method IPublisher.PublishPackage(sourcePath,additionalSourcePath,...
View ArticleWSUS client always reports reboot pending
We have a Win2k3 server which always reports a pending reboot on the WSUS client before it will continue, a reboot doesn't fix it. GPO isn't an issue as all the other servers work perfectly. Trying to...
View ArticleWSUS install on Server 2012 Fails
Attempting to install WSUS onto server 2012 Standard, with AD roles, all else Vanilla:The isntall consistently fails with this error:2012-09-03 15:48:46 Importing default detectoids succeeded....
View Articlecertificate trust lists (CTL) and WSUS
Im a confused regarding the functionality of WSUS and Certificate Trust Lists (CTL). When Microsoft updates the CTL does WSUS download and distribute? Most of our Windows servers (2008 R2) do not have...
View ArticleWSUS Synchronization Issue Downstream server with Upstream Server
I have looked at the related topics and have gone thru several trouble shooting documents and don't so far see the issue with downstream WSUS server communicating with upstream Server. Ideas?Setting...
View ArticleBest Practice to Remove a Client from Receiving Windows Updates Anymore
Hello,We have a GPO setup to tell client computers on our network to get their updates from our WSUS server. However, often our SQL servers "break" when they get updates that we don't test first. What...
View Articlewsus downstream server is not synchronizing and wsus console is not opening
One of the wsus downstream server is not sync with its wsus primary server.When I tried to open the downstream server's console, it gives an error like--Error: connection errorAn error occurred trying...
View ArticleExisting client is replaced by a new client in the wsus admin console when...
Hello,I have installed & configured WSUS in my win 2008 server and i have set the GPO too for the computer groups in the wsus admin console.Now my problem is i have two win 7 clients. At first i...
View ArticleWSUS Performance really bad.. high memory, slow sync
I'm experiencing a lot of problems with my new WSUS 3 SP2 server. The w3wp.exe process climbs up to 5-6 GB before IIS recycles and it starts over.I have about 1000 clients on it. The thing is it is...
View ArticleDisable WSUS on SBS 2003
I have a very small SBS 2003 R2 install with a very dead WSUS v2 database. Rather than try to repair/resurrect this or upgrade to v3, etc, I would like to just disable WSUS completely and have the SBS...
View ArticleWildcard certificates with WSUS 3.0 SP2
Hi,I'm currently building a new WSUS server based on Windows Server 2008 R2. I'd like to use SSL for this particular deployment and believe that I have followed the correct steps to get this up and...
View Articleno notification in Desktop notification area Server 2012
Hi,after applying KB2734608 to WSUS 2012 servers are downloading updates. I can see Downloads are ready for install in CP -- Windows Update,but there is no notification in notification area.Is it...
View Articlemonthwise patch details
Hi I've a WSUS server getting synchronized on monthly basis. Now I am in need of taking month wise security updates report.let's take an example: I need the patch details that released on January 2013...
View ArticlePatching the Windows Internal Database used by WSUS
Hi,We have WSUS installed on a server which uses the Windows Internal Database. A vulnerability scanner we use has identified the Windows Internal Database as SQL 2005 SP3 and indicates it needs to...
View ArticleWSUS Fails to complete post-installation tasks
When trying to complete the post-installation tasks Windows Server Update Services 4.0 (Windows Server 2012 Role) cannot seem to complete them. This is a member server with Default Roles, WDS, NAP,...
View ArticleWSUS and SIDs
Hello,I have what I hope to be a simple question but I have searched through the forums here and I amnot finding exactly what I am looking for.My question is this:In a domain environment does WSUS use...
View ArticleProblem to configure the connexion of a WSUS server to the upstream server
Hello, I have a problem with a WSUS server since a few months (so I install updates manually for the moment). The situation is the the following : 1) 1 main wsus server 3.0 SP2 installed on a 2003...
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