I have an Active Directory 2003, with a WSUS 3.0 server running. This
morning, I approved the 972260 update for all computers.
I have different SUS GPOs for different groups. For public PCs without a
specific owner, in several different OUs, I use setting 4 to force the

I have installed the latest version of WSUS and SCCM R2 on a W2k8 server, i
have xp clients, I have created the deployment package etc to deploy critical
updates to my pc's but for some reason the updates are not getting there :(
Any help to solve this issue would be appreciated

Im have been working on a WSUS 3.0 SP1 design for some time with the purpose
to support laptops on the road as well as internal hosts.  Currently the
setup we are testing is to have two WSUS servers.  One in the DMZ to host
laptops on the outside, this will use a SSL with certs ...

serious issue in production environment with line systems suddently hung from
windows update.
Scenario:
A few weeks ago coworkers updated all WSUS servers to 3.0

I performed a default installation of WSUS on a server (using the provided
MSDE db) but i was never prompted to set a password for the database.
Is there a way i can find out what the installer set the password to and
change the password?

am using WSUS 2.0 SP1 , a set of client machines cannot connect to WSUS
server
ran diagnostic tool receiving EM as below :-
Verify WUSserver URL () failed with hr= 0x80072ee6

I've installed WSUS 3.1 on a Windows 2003 Server.
No clients are showing up in the clients Window.
At first I thought it was a WSUS problem, but I brought my laptop to the
site, and it showed up in the WSUS Computers listing. (by coincidence, the

I am in a configuration where, from the Wsus server point of view, all
clients have :
- The same computer name
- The same IP (Wsus behind ISA)

Hi friends, I recently had to reinstall WSUS and I think is was
related to a database problem, I dont have an available SQL Server so
I had to reinstall it again using Windows Internal Database... its
better to use SQL Server? can I migrate the data from WID to SQLS if

something has destroyed my install.  it wont uninstall or install.  anyone
know a manual proccess to uninstall?

I am attempting to install WSUS on Server 2008 64bit.  Everytime i do i
recieve this error.  I have attempted the install using the default and
custom web site options.  I have also tried restarting the BITS service, and
running an iis reset.  I have restarted the sql 2005 ...

I'm planning on migrating SBS2K3 SP2 + WSUS 3.0 SP1 to new hardware.
I'm planning to do a SWING migration but that doesn't cover WSUS.
Is there any reason to worry with migrating any WSUS data?  Can't I
simply install it on the new SBS and let it take over from there?

I've run out of ideas on what might be causing this behavior so I
figured it was time to ask the question in a broader forum.
I've got a WSUS 3 SP1 server, newly installed, and I'm using Client-
side Targetting to sort the client machines into specific groups.

I have recently installed WSUS 3.0 sp1.  The system that I am in charg
of patching requires the updates to be preapproved then I install th
recommended updates.  Everything has been working great except for tw
updates that will not install.  KB970437 and 970483.  I have approve

I am running WSUS 3.0 sp1 on Windows 2008. Currently we are using WSUS to
push patches out to all of our servers, and we are using group policy to
deploy patches. The GPO is set to 3 "auto download and notify for install"
We manually go into WSUS and approve the patches that we ...