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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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Is WSUS 3 .xls export broken?

Trying to get an update analysis report done and the canned reports in WSUS isn't cutting it. When you view a report, you have 2 export options; Excel and PDF. Excel is preferable because I can easily throw into an Access DB (or any other RDMS),…
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WSUS update not showing up

We're having issues with WSUS. We have an update, http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2790947, which we imported in WSUS (it's not in the standard collection), it's an import from the MS website. The Update is set to install on all servers. However on…
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Domain Controller not updating from WSUS server

I have just inherited some existing issues in my new Sys Admin position, as i have never used WSUS before i thought i would ask you fine people for some input! All servers are 2008R2, 2 physical servers running Hyper-V and these run 8 Virtual…
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WSUS - how to stop SQLexception.errors?

I've got a WSUS 2.0 server that is just spinning with two types of errors/warnings: Unable insert update c660e123-bd67-4245-bf82-1459f5e7caeb/110 ... ...Syntax error converting datetime from character string. and Unable insert update…
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Trying to automate server tasks, stuck on gathering critical update information from WSUS

I asked this question at Stack Overflow but they said I would have better luck here. I am using VBScript to automate a lot of server tasks, I'm simply checking to make sure the server build team did their job before the server actually gets…
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According to which logic does the Microsoft installers choose their temporary folders?

Today I installed Visual Studio 2008 SP1 and I accidentially detected that the installer created temporary files on a USB hard drive I just plugged in. I can imagine what happens if I had unplugged it during the installation... Why did the installer…
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Automated WSUS reporting

We have WSUS 3.0 SP2 installed and I was wondering if it is possible to schedule and e-mail reports in pdf format or perhaps place them on a shared folder?
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Reinstalling WSUS after failed instance

I have a server whose WSUS has been inoperable for quite a while. I suspect it crashed when the server's system drive starting running out of space, but I really don't know for sure. The only relic I see that WSUS was ever installed is a directory…
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Determine wifi capabilities of Windows box (with WSUS install rules)

I need to determine if a computer is in fact a laptop with wifi capabilities (with emphasis on wifi rather than laptop). More precisely, I want to distribute a piece of software I wrote via WSUS and Local Update Publisher to those clients. To this…
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WSUS setup on ADS Domain Controller VM

How should I setup sharing/directory permissions to allow the following to work: VMHost - Hyper-V partition (not part of domain) ADServer - Active Directory Domain Controller running as guest VM on VMHost \VMHost\Updates disk share for WSUS to put…
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WSUS won't apply SQL Server update

I have a SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 machine and I want to apply KB2716440 to it from Microsoft bulletin MS12-070 using WSUS. I have placed two nodes in a cluster into a group called Dev. I have approved KB2716440 to the Dev group and it has a status of…
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Deploy .NET 4 Full to XP via GPO or WSUS

I am trying to deploy the full version of .NET 4.0 to client workstations running Windows XP. I have tried creating an MSI from the .exe using various free tools and assigning the install through a GPO, but this has not been successful. My MSI's…
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Non existing GPO applying? WSUS

I recently took my WSUS server offline. In the mean time I want the clients to update from the internet until I get WSUS up again. However, Windows Updates is tring to contact the old server and (obviously) failing to get new updates. I have…
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WSUS not detecting computers

Hi I have followed the online tutorial from Microsoft Technet and successfully installed an configured WSUS 3.0 SP2 on Windows Server 2008 x64. I also set up a new GPO for use with WSUS and set the required policies, however the WSUS service does…
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WSUS synchronization stuck and 0%

I, now, have two WSUS servers (one is running on Windows Server 2003 and the other on Windows Server 2008), I am trying to decommission one of them. I followed the instructions on how to move WSUS server. I am trying to sync the two servers via…
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