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.
Questions tagged [wsus]
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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\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\WUStatusServer.…
Anthony Miller
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How can I check if a computer is configured to use WSUS?
I'm the user of a computer (Windows 7) that is part of a domain and I want to make sure its configured to use WSUS (Windows Server Update Services) and download updates from a local server instead of downloading updates directly from Microsoft…
João Angelo
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Why is my computer not updating via Windows Update?
I just recently installed Windows 8 Pro on a computer at work. The computer runs Windows Update fine while its not joined to the domain. However, once I join it to the domain it cannot perform windows update.
I get the following error code 800B0001…
Steven Combs
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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 number of websites whose certificates appear to be…
hstr
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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 would still like to ensure users can use Windows…
PnP
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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
27/05/2017 19:30:21,72 - Info: Installed…
Xlsx2020
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Updates through WSUS fails on Windows 8.1 with error 0x80070643
I have wsus on windows server 2008 and i have two machines with windows 8.1 where updates fail with error 0x80070643.
There are exactly 8 updates that fail:
KB3080457
KB3081397
KB3081398
KB3081399
KB3081401
KB3081402
KB3081403
KB3081405
I have…
user356042
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How can I force a wsus client to download updates?
How can I force a wsus client to download all updates after I have approved them in the wsus console?
wuauclt.exe /detectnow doesn't work for me.
user345234674567
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Windows update error 80072EE2 connecting to WSUS
We have a new HP Elitebook 8440p with Windows 7 Pro 64-bit we are deploying on our network. It can run Windows Updates just fine across the Internet; however, when I point it to get Windows Update via the internal WSUS server, it comes back with the…
user551458
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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 therefore has the potential to take a long time to…
Fitzroy
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Free, automated OS-independent update management solutions
I know it is possible (with OCS Inventory or WSUS for instance) to manage client systems' and applications' updates.
However, with OCS Inventory you have to use packages to execute scripts on client computers. This means that each update to deploy…
Philipili
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Windows Update Fails to install updates
Windows update fails to install the updates below. How do I fix this, I've installed the fix it application Microsoft recommends but it still fails. Any ideas how to fix this?
Update for Microsoft Outlook Social Connector 2010 (KB2553406) 32-Bit…
resolver101
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Retrieve all Microsoft Windows updates
Is there any way to get information about all Microsoft updates including non-security Critical Updates? I know this can be done with WSUS but I can't use WSUS in my company. I also tried to use WUA API to get the list of updates, however it gives…
Bao Nhan
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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:\temp\PSWindowsUpdate" -Verbose),
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RAN55
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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-WindowsCapability -Online -Name…
miharix
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