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Microsoft Windows Server Update Services

Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) enables information technology administrators to deploy the latest Microsoft product updates to computers that are running the Windows operating system. By using WSUS, administrators can fully manage the distribution of updates that are released through Microsoft Update to computers in their network. It's free.

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Windows Update error 0x80072EE2

I use Windows Server Update Services to manage updates for my SBS 2003 R2 domain. My clients are receiving error code 0x80072EE2 when they try to scan for updates. In typical microsoft style, there's no documentation for the error code. Anyone have…
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How can I make my WSUS server download updates only when synchronizing?

We have a bandwidth issue here at work and we cannot download updates during the day. How can I force my WSUS server to download the updates when we are not here? As soon as I approve updates, the server immediately starts to download the updates,…
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WSUS and pulled/re-released patch behaviour?

I'm a little unsure how WSUS behaves in this scenario. I'll use the latest KB3097877 issue as an example. We have a main WSUS server and a downstream server at a remote site. When I approve patches on the main one, they get pushed to the downstream…
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Reject windows 10 free upgrade with Microsoft Windows Server Update Services 3.0 SP2?

is it possible to reject windows 10 free upgrade with Microsoft Windows Server Update Services 3.0 SP2 ? I would like to block every possible free upgrade in my network, and I need to prevent the upgrade on several windows 7 pro and windows 8.1 pro…
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WSUS - show most recent updates?

Using the most recent version of WSUS (Windows Server Update Services) is there a way to determine what the most recently applied updates are for a given machine? Or, when viewing the machine's status report apply some date filtering -- or…
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Server with GC, CA, WSUS replication passed tombstone period

To cut a long story short, we have inadvertently ended up with a Windows Server 2003 DC that has now passed the 60 day tombstone period for replication. As well as a DC it is also a Global Catalogue, our only Certification Authority and runs Windows…
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Once Roles and Features have been added using Powershell, how can they be configured?

When adding roles and features using the GUI, there are a few extra steps which let you do some extra configuration. For example, when installing WSUS there are a few steps labeled "Role Services" and "Content" which let you pick what database you…
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Saving space - deleting WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\Download

Often times in our environment, C drives run into space issues and the C:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\Download folder gets relatively large, upwards of 3.5Gb in size. Server 2008, R2 enterprise. Per this forum, it seems ok to delete. I have no…
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WSUS Export Error: The gzip stream cannot contain more than 4GB data

WSUS-SrvA is running Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise and can sync updates. WSUS-SrvB is running Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard and is on a detached network. When we run wsusutil.exe export export.xml.gz logfile we receive the error: Fatal Error:…
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WSUS - 2012 R2 Clients not reporting

We have a number of severs for different customers that are separated in to different computer groups, these machines are not on a domain although hook in to WSUS with a registry change. Some Machines for customers are reporting fine, however some…
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Group policy infrastructure failed due to network access is denied

A number of my servers are not able to sync into our WSUS server. On digging, we noticed a number of group policies are not being applied. On running rsop.msc, I get the following error message: Group Policy Infrastructure failed due to the error…
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WSUS Content folder not retaining updates

I have been scratching my head now for a while over this issue and anything I do will not solve the problem The Problem: WSUS' "WSUSContent" folder is self-deleting updates and reducing the overall size to <5GB. The original size was over 300GB.…
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WSUS not downloading updates (timeout)

Windows Server 2012 Standard 64-bit. When I start the WSUS service this error shows up in Event Viewer: The WSUS content directory is not accessible. System.Net.WebException: The remote server returned an error: (404) Not Found. at…
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WSUS icon in start menu now only opens up to "Options" node

Perhaps I was stupid. In the WSUS console, I right clicked on "Options" and selected "New Window from Here". It didn't open the new window, it just removed everything but "Options". Not at all what I wanted. Close window. re-open from Start menu.…
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Getting PCs to report to WSUS

We have Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) set up in our domain environment. It is configured and working correctly. We run into an issue every once in a where Windows Update will lose/forget the setting and go out get updates online overnight.…
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