Reboot behavior - WSUS Clients
Hello, We are using WSUS 3.0 SP2 to monitor and deploy updates on the servers of our clients. Everything is working very well. The only problem is that some of them are rebooting, we don't want...
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I am new to wsus. can anyone explain the entries that show up in the columns of the console. e.g If I select all updates in the console tree and select Approved from the Approval drop down window and...
View ArticleUpdate path matrix
Does anyone know of a matrix that shows which Security Bulletins were supereded by which across all Microsoft product lines?or the reverse,Service Pack x contains updates MS09-xxx, MS08-xx, etc?I know...
View ArticleMy goal is to disable all notifications for everyone on the network INCLUDING...
First I want to download IE8 on every pc in our network. After a wwek or something like that, I want to install that Update, so I scedule the update. Administrators see the notifications that IE8 is...
View ArticleUpdates cannot be approved
We have several updates that say they cannot be approved because the Microsoft Licensing Terms are still downloading. The amoumt of data downloaded on the staus page has not changed. I ran the...
View ArticleReporting in WSUS shows different updates than what Windows update is showing?
Hello,In WSUS it shows that a particular server needs 6 updates. In WSUS these updates are set to install, group policy is set to download and schedule the install but for some reason these updates...
View ArticleWSUS is reporting error with new Hyper-V server
HiI'm having a issue with WSUS. I have recently installed a couple of Hyper Server 2008 R2 boxes and WSUS is reporting they need several updates. I have used the update program in the sconfig utility...
View ArticleKB943729 shows as 'Not Applicable' in console on tablet machines with XP...
I'm trying to figure out why all of our XP Tablet PC Edition machines list this update as 'Not Applicable'. Isn't the tablet edition the same as XP pro, just with the tablet tools? I can go download...
View ArticleInstalling WSUS on SBS2003
I have similar problem with a Win SBS 2003 SP 2 system where I cannot get WSUS 3.0 SP1 or SP2 to either install or operate properly. SP2 would install but would never sync while SP1 will stop nearly at...
View ArticleWSUS and server 2003 Question
Hi, Looking for some help. I have a wsus server with a group policy in place to point machines on the domain to it. in Windows 7 this works fine. Only approved updates are installed.However on out...
View ArticleHow to Disable WSUS on Client Workstation?
Some background. I have a small office, I am not an expert in MS operating systems, I have some knowledge and have "administered" our systems since we first had Windows 2000 Server 11 years ago. I seem...
View ArticleWSUS 3.0 SP2 - Any way to "merge" servers?
Our WSUS environment is quite a mess (inherited by me), and I've been working hard to make it sensible but running into roadblocks. My goal is to have one Upstream server which then syncs out to 3...
View ArticleWSUS Installation failures 0x800705b4
Hi,I'm having a strange issue with a Windows 7 client, it's failing to install all available updates pushed using WSUS, however the log is confusing, firstly I get the following entry? (This is only 1...
View Articlecan not reinstal wsus
i installed wsus 3.0 on a partition which later crashed and i lost all my data.the working partition contains my operating system and my domain controller.when i try to reinstall wsus it ask to remove...
View ArticleInstalled KBs not always showing up as installed
On Win 2003 Server, I install a KB and then check to see if it installed using 'wmic qfe' and I don't see it listed.Steps I took:I downloaded NDP30SP2-KB958483-x64.exe and ran the install. It reported...
View ArticleWSUS Update Pre-Configuration/Post-Configuration Scripts
Hello,I had a question about WSUS/Windows Update. I would like to run a pre-configuration and a post-configuration script when an update is installed on my endpoints. I would like these scripts to run...
View ArticleDownstream server downloads files from Microsoft through proxy server but...
Hello, I have one downstream server that needs to report to one upstream server in the WAN connected by slow vpn connection.Because the vpn line is slow, this downstream server needs to download files...
View ArticleWindows Internal Databse
I am getting this error when i try to install windows internal databse through Powershell:Add-WindowsFeature : Installation of [Windows Internal Database] Windows Internal Database failed. Attempt to...
View ArticleStill Receiving BITS error and updates still not downloading after setting...
HI,I have had WSUS running in my network very happily until recently when we have changed to a new internet connection that is provided to us by our local government (this is a school network), which I...
View ArticleWUA API for /reportnow ?
We are controlling the behavior of the Automatic Updates service via the WUA COM API. The Automatic Updates service has been changed to Manual start, because our systems are embedded and we can only...
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