Questions tagged [wsus]

This tag refers to the Windows Server Update Services. This is part of the Microsoft Windows Server software and provides (among other things) updates for Microsoft products to Windows clients.

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Windows Update Failure 0x80240034

Specific updates are failing to install. They sit at downloading and eventually fail with the error 0x80240034. I have done a wsusutil reset and tried to download the updates again with no success. I ...
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Windows 7 root certificate updates

I work for a company that uses Windows 7 for end user computing. The Windows 7 computers are updated via a WSUS installation, and access to Microsoft Update is blocked. We have a problem with a ...
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WSUS Replica Downstream Without Computer Management at Central Server

I have a Windows Datacenter 2022 WSUS Server. However, from what I understand the computer groups and computers need to exist in the central WSUS server (not replica). Downstream replica server is ...
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WSUS updates were pushed to local host, but PC is not updated

I consider myself a self-learner in the vast ICT Forest, always eager to acquire new knowledge and skills. Today, a friend of mine has approached me with a request to push updates on a WSUS Server to ...
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Wsus client getting error 403 (0x80244018)

It's a couple of days that my clients can't download updates from my wsus server. They control and find updates normally but when it comes to download them, they are all getting 403 error from the ...
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Change group policy using windows CMD

I want to change the group policy setting that applies the value of the Windows Update WSUS server location HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\WUServer and HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\...
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How to install WSUS offline update `.cab` and `.msu` files (Windows 10)?

I have a 21H2 Windows machine with no internet access that I need to install Windows updates on. I used WSUS community edition to download the updates, and now I have a folder with a bunch of .cab and ...
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WSUS edge update fail 0x80070643

it's a little bit of time that one of my clients do not install from wsus server the update for microsoft edge properly. After the install get to 100% return the error code 0x80070643. Already tried ...
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WSUS can't install/download updates

my WSUS server (Windows Server 2019) can't install/download updates to clients (Windows 10 Pro) Approve Updates Events I'm tried to reset BITS, clean temp files but the problem is still exist. in ...
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Check whether Windows Updates are being installed

I have a powershell script that’s used by the IT support department for remotely installing software on workstations. The script supports the installation of multiple products (one after another)and ...
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Access Denied installing updates remotely with Powershell

Im trying to install in a remote server, updates approved in our Wsus: $session=New-PSSession -ComputerName server1 Invoke-Command -Session $session -ScriptBlock { (Import-module -name "S:...
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WSUS alternative

I was wondering which is the best way or software to handle windows updates for a private network. I'm managing a network that only a few devices can go to the internet so that means all the others ...
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Invoke-Command - Get-WindowsCapability - Access is denied

is there some new GPO that for Win 10 pro N for workstations 21H2 limits who can install WindowsCapability over Enter-PSSession and Invoke-Command ? If I try Enter-PSSession and then Get-...
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does Windows Update kb3004375 get installed when I install kb3000483? and will kb3004375 not necessarily show in my list of installed updates?

I can see KB3000483 in my list of installed updates but I can't see KB3004375 and they seem to go together. Is it the case that if you have KB3000483 then you will also have KB3004375 but the latter ...
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PCs Get Update Error 80246002 From WSUS, all PCs in domain

I have a fresh install of Server 2016. I have WSUS installed on it as an offline WSUS server. I have a few systems connected to this WSUS server to update all my computers. Both my Windows 10 ...
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WSUS: Content Store drive is full (449 approved update - 1.5 TB space)?

I have here a WSUS Server on Windows Server Standard 2019. We have at the moment 449 updates approved, all stored on D:. D: has 1.5 TB, and it is full!? Any ideas what I can do? The clean up wizard ...
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WSUS Not offiering December patch for 1809 LTSC (and possibly Office 2016)

PCs here are on 1809 LTSC. November was the lasts patch WSUS offered. I know 1809 came out of support Nov 2020 for non-LTSC versions. LTSC is supposed to be supported for many years to come. Also, I ...
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Windows update: What updates are included in a Rollup update?

I will try to explain my concern with an example from windows 8.1 updates of August 2020. In wsus I can see: Security Only Update for .NET Framework 3.5, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, ...
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Newly setup WSUS all clients stuck at downloading 0%

Recently I created a newly WSUS setup for the first time and it's all still new to me so be gentle ;-) I've set up WSUS as described on the internet (pretty basic) and all went well without any ...
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Can WSUS server be used to deliver updates to PCs outside an organization?

We would like to deliver Windows 10 updates to PCs that we ship with our our software. These PCs can be deployed in other organizations or in standalone environments at various sites without being ...
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Force Windows 10 to install automatic WSUS update

A Windows 10 PC is connected to a WSUS intranet server, like a lot of other PCs here which are functioning fine, but others do not receive WSUS updates. I've written .bat file to force remote pc to ...
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How to view/monitor another WSUS server from an existing WSUS server?

Scenario: I work for an organisation which has an office in the UK and another (smaller) office in Kenya. Our UK office has a WSUS server which sends out updates to every computer on the domain (...
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Servers contacting WSUS server but not reporting status

I have a domain that contains only Windows Server 2016 Standard servers. Most of the servers are contacting the WSUS server but are not reporting their status. There are 40 servers and for 33 of ...
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Turn off Windows Firewall for a single PC in domain?

I have many PC's in domain is there a way to Turn off Windows Firewall remotely for single PC if I'm Domain admin ? Is there a way to do this without GPO ?
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Limit the installation patches from WSUS for Windows Update

We have multiple WSUS Servers, but for the example we will only be focused on one WSUS server. Here is the situation : I have multiple Windows Update patches to be downloaded and installed on ...
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WSUS on Non-AD Enviroment

I have a work-group Environment and WSUS installed on windows server 2016. I edited the registery of clients as follows, but still I can't see my computer in WSUS Computers list. Windows Registry ...
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How can I use WSUS in a Windows Workgroup?

Essentially I was wondering if it's possible to use the local gpedit.msc on Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008R2 machines to configure clients to use a workgroup based WSUS installation. With this - I ...
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Can a .bat file be used to edit group policy?

I'm setting up a wsus for a local college, and I'm looking into ways that are more effect for updating the Group policy on the computers so that they update via the wsus. Manually doing every one is ...
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Update Loop of Death, workaround requires bitlocker recovery key to boot into safe mode

One day our users turned on their laptops just to realise their screen was stuck at boot because it was waiting for an update to complete. This spinning wheel takes forever saying "Working on updates ...
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Our WSUS accidentally had Windows Insider updates turned on. How can I remove the 1909 update from my Windows Update screen without installing it?

There was a misconfiguration in my company WSUS and Windows Insider updates were accidentally included (our sysadmin checked the box for all Windows components and apparently Windows Insider was a ...
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WSUS offline update fails due to 404

OS: Windows 8.1 x64 WSUS Offline Updater Version: 11.8 for x64 Ok I have been trying to update my PC using WSUS offline updater, but the updater is unable to download from the URLs listed in the ...
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Update Features of MS Office 2016

We have installed MS Office 2016 using the MSI installer. Our WSUS server currently just provides important and security updates, but we now noticed that some issues we have with the product were ...
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Windows Update of Windows Server 2016 against local WSUS server fails

Installing a new environment built around Windows Server 2016 that has some of the servers on a network that can't reach out to the internet, we installed Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) on one ...
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I'm having administrative privilege error with wsus offline

I'm having administrative privilege problem with wsus offline It always give me this error whenever I ran the update it is my first time using this but my account is already is an administrator it ...
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WSUS WID Database recovery

My WSUS server, a Hyper-V VM running on a Window Server 2012 R2 Host, after a host power failure and later boot-up, showing error: Application: 3414 Source: MSSQL$MICROSOFT##WID An error occurred ...
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Client no show in WSUS console (windows server 2016)

I am trying to configure client (windows7) for contact with WSUS server(windows server 2016) by config registry (none AD) as below : [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\...
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Can't install an update KB4284863. Reverting changes on reboot

The system: Windows Server 2012 R2. When I try to install KB4284863 it install successfully, but on reboot it says something like "Failure to configure updates. Reverting changes" The exact error ...
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Stop Feature upgrades and properly manage them via WSUS

In the last few months, systems have been randomly upgrading themselves, the update is not approved within WSUS and is obtained directly from Miccrosoft Servers. The upgrade to 1709/1703 is not ...
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Does a local alternative to WSUS exist?

I've been researching on Google for the question in title, but haven't found much of use except one program called "WUMT" for an alternative to the built in windows update itself. Here is what I'd ...
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How to exit OOBE-Mode in cloned Virtual Machines?

I have some Virtual Machines with Windows Server 2013 R2 which are cloned. Now these clones cannot register to our WSUS. WindowsUpdate.log tells this: OOBE is in progress, so cannot perform ...
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Unable to connect from a WSUS MMC console (upstream) to another server (Downstream)

I took this image here and this is what i wish to achieve https://i.stack.imgur.com/bhVxd.png Hi All, I have tried performing this by right clicking on the WSUS MMC to connect to another computer ...
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Unable to install WSUS 3.0 sp2 on Server 2008 r2

I have Windows server 2008 R2 standard edition and previously WSUS 3.0 SP2 server was work but unfortunately service not starting up, So that I tried to complete uninstall from registry, database and ...
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All Windows 10 1607 Computers Fail 1703 Update: Install Error 8000FFF

I am trying to install the Feature Update 1703 through WSUS. Computers are at Windows 10 1607. I have approved the update through WSUS and it has downloaded the update and is set to be deployed. The ...
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Bulk/ automated removal of KB security update

would like to know if there are any ways to do a bulk removal of KB 3203467, which has been causing attachment issues on Outlook. Mainly blocking attachments, stating that they are unsafe. Would like ...
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How to check wsusoffline

Since standard Windows updates were stuck on a laptop (Windows 7 64-bit), I used wsusoffline. After some hours, all seems OK. From the install log of wsusoffline I can read lines like 27/05/...
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Reduce size of WSUS offline updater

I need to get the size of wsus_client folder to under 2GB. Im only generating updates for Windows 7 and MS office. I compared the newest generated offline updates with the one I created the last time ...
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Is there any downside to using Windows offline update?

In the past I've had numerous problems with Windows Update. I started using WSUS Offline Update and found it worked extremely well. So well, in fact I don't see the point of using normal Windows ...
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Windows Updates stopped working with error 0x80244010 and 0x80070003

After releasing the November 2016 updates in WSUS we encounter the following situation: All physical clients (4 x W7) stopped to download updates from the local WSUS All virtual clients (2 x W7) are ...
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Hyper-v WSUS timing and reboots

I have been playing with Hyper-v and have noticed that having multiple servers and replications are good but can be complicated when WSUS gives you updates that requires reboots. My environment is 2 ...
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Windows 7/8 update will not initially check wsus

I have a weird (probably simple) problem. I recently updated a Windows 8 image file for our organization, and while everything works fine with deployment, Windows update is giving us some issues. When ...