WSUS | visual studio 2017 update successful but will be repeated on next check
Start Visual Studio himself (NOT Visual Studio Installer!). The go to Extras >>> Extensions and Updates >>> Updates and do the updates from here.
Category: WSUS
Windows 10 | Update | Error 0x80070643 related to Edge
You did download the incredible MicrosoftEdgeEnterpriseX64.msi but it did return an error? First check C:\Users\All Users\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate\Log\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.log. Maybe you will find something like ‘your organizations group policies prevent this’ or ‘Update check not needed at this time’. Now run Edge and go to edge://policy. It will show you some ‘Microsoft EdgeUpdate Policies’ which you did never […]
WSUS | computers updating and contactable, but not reporting.
Check C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\EventCache.v2. It should be empty. If its filled to the brim with binaries, delete them all. It’s a WSUS server problem, not a client problem. I did a major wsus cleanup and reindexing, these measures were successful. Check my other wsus blogposts.
WSUS OPTIONS | Feature packs
disable this. Feature Packs: Specifies new product functionality that is first distributed outside of a product release and that’s typically included in the next full product release.
WSUS | Sync failed with
SoapException: Fault occurred InternalServerErrorat System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapHttpClientProtocol.ReadResponse Remove Visual Studio 2017/2019 from Products.
WSUS | ERR 0x8024500c
Check your Windows Update GPO’s and deactivate ‘Do not connect to any Windows Update Internet location‘
WSUS | Hint for cloned machines.
Do sysprep.exe, but you will lose activation, licenses, maybe devices. The poor mans way: Remove the SusClientID and (if exists) AccountDomainID from Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate
WSUS | Reset server node
WSUS CLEANUP via Powershell WSUS Database maintenance https://bytesandbones.wordpress.com/2022/03/15/wsus-timeout/
WSUS Database maintenance
Install ‘SQL Server Management Studio Express’ Run ‘SQL Server Management Studio Express’ as Administrator. Server is \\.\pipe\MICROSOFT##WID\tsql\query Backup your SUSDB. Check this: https://docs.microsoft.com/de-de/troubleshoot/mem/configmgr/wsus-maintenance-guide https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/mem/configmgr/wsus-maintenance-guide Short: Create a project, Create custom indexes (ONLY BEFORE YOUR FIRST REINDEXING, once in a databases lifetime), reindex (https://docs.microsoft.com/de-de/troubleshoot/mem/configmgr/reindex-the-wsus-database https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/mem/configmgr/reindex-the-wsus-database) HINT: Never distribute drivers via WSUS. Exclude them in WSUS. I […]
WSUS CLEANUP via Powershell
$WSUS = Get-WsusServer -Name SERVERNAME -PortNumber 8530Invoke-WsusServerCleanup -UpdateServer $WSUS -CleanupObsoleteComputers -VerboseInvoke-WsusServerCleanup -UpdateServer $WSUS -CleanupObsoleteUpdates -VerboseInvoke-WsusServerCleanup -UpdateServer $WSUS -CleanupUnneededContentFiles -VerboseInvoke-WsusServerCleanup -UpdateServer $WSUS -DeclineExpiredUpdates -VerboseInvoke-WsusServerCleanup -UpdateServer $WSUS -DeclineSupersededUpdates -Verbose
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