I have a Windows Azure VM running Windows Server 2012 R2 that hasn't been able to install updates since April 2016. The "View update history" screen in the Control Panel lists hundreds of successive failures from constant attempts to install the updates on every machine restart. The Details window for [...] read more
I'm stuck trying to upgrade from PS 2 to PS 5.1. I've been advised to download the WMF 5.1 to do this. I've run the pre-req script without issue. When the installer then runs, I get error code 0x80240037 (hardware not supported). I have colleagues here with the same hardware [...] read more
I tried following the suggestion here(How do I set Windows Update to never check for updates with PowerShell?), and it's very straight forward. Everything seems to be working until I get to the part where I need to actually change the NotificationLevel value. I get the following error: Exception setting [...] read more
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. Where have the updates gone? [...] read more
I've deployed a group of Windows updates to a collection which has no maintenance window and it's works correcty and all devices are comliant excep one who do not getting the updates and showing "Client check passed/Active" state. I've tried to stop wuauserv service and delete "SoftwareDistribution" floder but it [...] read more
I have a 2012 R2 WSUS server, and many 2012 R2 clients. One of my servers only, completed installing a batch of updates, and now upon every check for updates, it gets stuck "Checking for updates". The last entry in the WindowsUpdate.log file is as below: 2016-12-14 16:13:46:201 732 5b0 [...] read more
I'm trying to configure windows update with the Microsoft.Update.AutoUpdate COM object with Powershell v4, on a Windows 2008 r2. I'm however running into a little trouble. When trying to set the NotificationLevel, I'm getting the following error (Note running with elevated permissions). $WUSettings = (New-Object -com "Microsoft.Update.AutoUpdate").Settings $WUSettings.NotificationLevel=4 $WUSettings.save() Output: [...] read more
I've got a WSUS 3SP2 with all patchs on Windows 2008 R2. It updates all servers. all works but servers 2012R2 on a remote site. All others Win2012R2 on other sites works. In the site which have issue, there's only 3 2012R2 servers. There are seen by WSUS console, and [...] read more
I set up a WSUS but dont see any clients in the Unassigned Computers group. I can find my clients in the ADAC, when I select myWSUS (local) > computers. My group policy management got a domain myWSUS.local but I dont see the groups here, is this maybe the problem? [...] read more