Do WSUS upstream/downstream servers need to be the same OS version?
Can a Win 2012 standard WSUS server be a downstream WSUS server off an upstream Win 2K8 R2 WSUS server?We have an existing WSUS server running Windows 2008 R2 Standard and we are trying to figure out...
View ArticleWSUS Servers with different OS's
Is it ok to have the main WSUS Server run on Windows Server 2003 and the Downstream Replica Server Run on Windows 2008 R2?
View ArticleWindows Server 2008 R2 getting stucked at boot giving "error c000003a...
windows server 2008 R2 gets stucked on boot giving following error"error c000003a applying update operation 8867 of 99477" It holds SQL in it and cannot get further to the above error.Urgent help is...
View ArticleWindows Server 2008 R2 getting stucked at boot giving "error c000003a...
windows server 2008 R2 gets stucked on boot giving following error"error c000003a applying update operation 8867 of 99477" It holds SQL in it and cannot get further to the above error.Urgent help is...
View ArticleHow to deploy KB923845 - Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) 2.5...
Dears,HiWe want to deploy KB923845 - Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) 2.5 to clients because SCCM installation on XP SP2 X64 fails and needs this update.It seems that this update is not...
View ArticleWSUS Windows Internal Database
Is there a location in the internal Database where I can change where WSUSContent is stored?The reason is that I have ran through everything I can possibly find on the internet about setting up an...
View ArticleWindows Update fails on Windows Server 2008 R2 Error 80244018
I trying to do a manual update of the server and received the error code 80244018. It looks like the server is unable to download the updates.I tried to paste the windows update log in here but it was...
View ArticleWhy Update Catalog?
One of my software vendors recently reported an update that broke their software (FWIW, it's KB2775511). In order to find out if this update was installed on any of my machines, I checked my WSUS...
View ArticleClearing a failed entry
I have a client machine on our network that reported a failed update. I then had user run the failed update manually from the MS Download Center which installed successfully. My question is how can I...
View ArticleServer 2012 ignoring Group Policy for Automatic Updates
I apologize as this is a bit of a re-post, but I have recently begun rolling out some 2012 servers and they are ignoring GPOs for Automatic Updates for staggering reboots. All 2008 and 2008 R2 servers...
View ArticleSusdb.mdf file too big on a Windows SBS 2008 server
I One of my customers is running Windows 2008 Small Business Server. Windows Update Contant folders had been correctly moved away from C drive soon after installation of the server (WSUS Content). That...
View ArticleSynchronize from Microsoft updates An http error occurred
Unable to sync with upstream server... using Synchronize from Microsoft updatesResult: An http error occurred WebException: The request failed with the error message:...
View ArticleWindows Internal Database (WID) Install Fails - error computer requires restart
I have setup a domain controller in Windows Server 2012 Standard. Currently this server is holding roles: AD DS, AD CS, DHCP, DNS, IIS. Now I am trying to install Windows Server Update Server (WSUS)...
View Articlecannot install wsus role on 2012
Hi all,just trying to install a wsus on my first server 2012unfortunately the installation fails. Error message i see in the Wizard: The operation cannot be completed, because the server that you...
View ArticleWSUS roles install on Server 2012 Fails
Hi I m ananda I want to installed wsus server in 2012 server but its getting errorThe MSSQL$MICROSOFT##WID service was unable to log on as NT SERVICE\MSSQL$MICROSOFT##WID with the currently configured...
View ArticleKB2690729 - Superseded or not?
WSUS update view shows this security update for Microsoft Silverlight as superseded - the icon in the 'Supersdedence' column indicates that it's in the middle of an update tree.Yet the update details...
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Windows 2012 WSUS clients not reporting or updating
HiI have installed WSUS on a Windows 2012 machine (a VM on 2008 R2 hyper-v).I have followed this guide http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cs2WCBmJt2cIt’s quote straight forward.The updates are after they...
View ArticleThis computer has not reported status yet
The related threads are 2 years old. I am new to WSUS. I am trying to figure out why some computers are showing this message. How would I go about trouble shooting and fixing this. Thanks
View ArticleCannot remove WSUS role from Server 2008 R2
I had a hard drive fail, and now I cannot remove the WSUS role. OS is Server 2008R2. WSUS is Version 3.0 SP2. I've been through the process of using MSIZAP to force removal of WSUS....
View ArticleHow Can I install Windows 2008 Server HPC edition all patches by Offline
Hi every body . greetings !!Any one please help me on this . We have 12 windows 2008 HPC Servers ( cluster server ) which totally isolated from internet . Some of the security reasons from client we...
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