Questions tagged [wsus]

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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WSUS failing to downloading updates, but, still showing the Downloading Status as complete

Before I start, I'd say that I've done enough research for the problem, and I had also raised a case in the past with Microsoft Support to come to a conclusion for this problem. This time, the problem is with an unexpected twist. Problem Statement:…
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WSUS installation user

I am currently in the process of installing and configuring a WSUS server for my company's local network, I have one doubt though regarding the installation process. I've not been able to find anywhere which user should be used for the installation…
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1709 => 1803 Windows 10 feature update missing from WSUS Clients

How do I get my 1709 windows 10 agents to upgrade to 1803? What is the KB of the "April 2018 Feature upgrade to 1803"? I've got two wsus servers, 2012 R2 that's been servicing out network for a while now, and 2016 fresh. Both of them have updated…
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Server 2016 WSUS on 2008 AD not showing PC

Ran into an issue that I am drawing a blank on. Running WSUS on Server 2016 standalone domain server. Loaded from 2016 Roles/Features. Here's the kicker, on a 2008 AD. I have the OU set up and the GPO and one test PC is under GPO control for…
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Windows Update bypassing server as download source

I have a Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 machine that is isolated in a DMZ. Historically it has not had issues but everything works before it breaks. The port 8530 is open on the firewall appliance and I can telnet from the client to the server which…
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Windows Internal Database missing on Server 2012 R2

I had to reinstall WSUS, so I removed WSUS and reinstalled it, then WID service could not start, so I removed WSUS again and deleted "WID" service. Now when I re-install WSUS it says WID is installed, but WID service is missing from services.msc I…
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Computer Restart because of Automatic Updates in WSUS

I have configured SCCM and WSUS for Automatic Windows updates, Although updates are required,sometimes it cause different issues in computer system. As example After update on few months ago my LQ 300 printers didn't work, New update had been…
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WSUS: Error: Connection Error

I am running WSUS services on Windows 2008 R2 Standard. Since 3-4 weeks I am getting below error and memory utilization is high too. Can you please help me to solve this, Let me know if I need to share more information on this.
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WSUS not working on clients - deployed via GPO

I've deployed WSUS on a server called INet This has downloaded the required updates that I selected. I've configured automatic updates in the GPO - Set the following: Allow Automatic Updates immediate installation Allow non-administrators to…
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WSUSUTIL export fails do to reference of an instance to an object

I am running WSUS on a Internet connected Windows 2016 Server using WID. I used that as my upstream server to download my updates and use the WSUSUTIL tool to export the metadata and the content to my air gapped systems for patching. I did a…
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How can I convert the Windows Update client logs into plain text?

In Windows 10, the Windows Update client uses event tracing rather than writing to a text file like it did in previous versions of Windows. This can make troubleshooting problems with client machines difficult. The Get-WindowsUpdateLog cmdlet…
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WSUS Crashes when a high ressource query is performed

We have been implementing a WSUS Server on Windows Server 2016 several times and it works well in the beginning but stops working after all updates (~130.000) have been downloaded and approved. We are running it with MSSQL instead of the internal…
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WSUS 2016 - Computer/Server management

I have a newly setup WSUS 2016 server. The GPO's already have been created and linked to my AD OU where the computers/servers are located. I also see the computers/servers in my WSUS server. My question is whether it is possible to group the…
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Error 17207 During Install of WSUS 3.0 SP2

I am installing WSUS 3.0 SP2 on a Windows Server 2008 R2 server. It gets through the install portions until it gets to Configuring database. It then gives me a message that says packaged failed to install. It drops the SUSDB files into the data area…
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WSUS CPU & MEM issue

We have hosted WSUS services on Windows Server 2008 R2. The sqlservr.exe and w3wp.exe is using lot of memory. But as per observation The physical memory is 50% used but CPU usage is more than 90%. By this WSUS app crashes all the time when it tries…
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