SBSDiva Mobile : WSUS

931125 being reoffered over and over and over and....

THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS "DIVA" — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:01:00 GMT

If you are seeing 931125 being reoffered via WSUS it's due to the fact that the May 2009 update is not properly marked at "HasSupercedingUpdates" which is messing up the offering of the September update causing it to be reoffered. Decline...(read more)

Running the wizard on WSUS 3 sp2

THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS "DIVA" — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 06:23:00 GMT

After the WSUS 3 sp2 installs, there is a wizard that pops up. You can hit cancel... or you can just be a SBSer and click next next next next next next...... How to run the WSUS 3 sp2 wizard and not break the WSUS integration with SBS 2008 (or 2003 for...(read more)

Repairing WSUS 3 on SBS 2008

THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS "DIVA" — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 07:25:00 GMT

To repair WSUS 3 on a SBS 2008 box is actually relatively easy (at least as compared to ripping out SBS 2003 monitoring and putting it back) Repair Windows Server Update Services: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd443475%28WS.10%29.aspx Make...(read more)

Installing WSUS 3 sp2

THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS "DIVA" — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 06:10:00 GMT

Installing WSUS 3 sp2 is needed to support patching Win7 on your network. To install, you'll see that you'll need to run through the install process by clicking next, next, next......... and importantly at the end...cancel. Click to accept the...(read more)

Support for WSUS 2

THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS "DIVA" — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:01:00 GMT

If you are running SBS 2003 R2 that still has WSUS 2, ensure that you update it to WSUS 3. WSUS 2 is going off of support. http://blogs.technet.com/sus/archive/2009/04/09/a-quick-note-on-the-windows-server-update-services-life-cycle.aspx We often get...(read more)

Killing off the Red X

THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS "DIVA" — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 02:59:00 GMT

In the SBS 2003 R2 patch report sometimes you'll get a computer that indicates it has patching issues: So you go in and see that a workstation is having issues.... And when you click on it, it says..."What errors?" So what's going on...(read more)

If you are STILL impacted by monitoring reports not working

THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS "DIVA" — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:10:00 GMT

To put all the steps in one place here's the three recommended: 1. uncheck the drivers in WSUS -- http://msmvps.com/blogs/bradley/archive/2008/08/22/time-to-uncheck-the-driver-category-on-wsus.aspx 2. Run the driver clean up tool http://blogs.technet...(read more)

Silverlight on WSUS

THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS "DIVA" — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 06:01:00 GMT

http://blogs.technet.com/wsus/archive/2008/10/21/silverlight-now-available.aspx On your WSUS tonight is Silverlight 2.0. For those that consider Java evil, Flash even more evil, consider that Silverlight is the less evil one. But regardless, until there...(read more)

Declining those drivers

THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS "DIVA" — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:59:00 GMT

The WSUS Support Team Blog : A large number of driver updates showing up in WSUS: http://blogs.technet.com/sus/archive/2008/08/20/a-large-number-of-driver-updates-showing-up-in-wsus.aspx For those of you with WSUS 3 boxes if you haven't ran this tool...(read more)

Time to uncheck the driver category on WSUS

THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS "DIVA" — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:58:00 GMT

The WSUS Support Team Blog : A large number of driver updates showing up in WSUS: http://blogs.technet.com/sus/archive/2008/08/20/a-large-number-of-driver-updates-showing-up-in-wsus.aspx Read more on that blog post. No, unchecking drivers will not "blue...(read more)

Drivers again in WSUS

THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS "DIVA" — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:30:00 GMT

Yes, I know, I should unclick drivers and just ignore this, but sometimes there are some interesting drivers that are sync'd up to WSUS. Tonight (or rather today), we have drivers again (approx 600 or so) syncing up to the WSUS server. So if you see...(read more)

Just looking for those folks that even AFTER running the WSUS clean up tool that their Server Monitoring reports are not firing as they should

THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS "DIVA" — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 03:34:00 GMT

Installing Windows Server Update Services 3.0 on Windows Small Business Server 2003: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc708091.aspx Hardware Component Requirement Processor Modern processor of at least 1 GHz System memory 1 GB (2 GB recommended...(read more)

Cleaning up WSUS

THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS "DIVA" — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 01:31:00 GMT

So what maintenance should we be doing each month and we're not on our WSUS's? Les Connor recommends these: In WSUS v3 SP1, it's a wizard run from the 'options' page of the management console. Click on that Server clean up wizard....(read more)

WSUS/SCCM top issues

THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS "DIVA" — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:39:00 GMT

In this Issue: TOP SUPPORT ISSUES NEW & UPDATED KB ARTICLES NEW & TOP DOWNLOADS NEW WEBCASTS TOP SUPPORT ISSUES =============== The following "hot topics" were posted and resolved during the month of July: Issue #1 ====== Problem Description...(read more)

Just say no

THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS "DIVA" — Tue, 20 May 2008 14:44:00 GMT

For some reason WSUS apparently thinks we need Silverlight on our workstations and servers. (and is there any wonder why I don't have auto updates turned on?)...(read more)

The password on the email

The Official Blog of the SBS "Diva" — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 23:52:00 GMT

Advanced Business Computing Solutions, Inc.: WSUS SP1 Install Error - SMTPUserPassword: http://abc-solutions.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!F616727CACD12943!477.entry Jeff said I must not have a Admin password over 12 characters...but I do.... as he did and...(read more)

WSUS - client computers are displayed but status is not reported

E-Bitz - SBS MVP the Official Blog of the SBS "Diva" — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 07:28:00 GMT

Issue #5 ======= Problem Description ------------------------- client computers are displayed but status is not reported Resolution ------------- 1. Ran the following command "aspnet_regiis.exe -i" from the C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework...(read more)

Need to remove the desktop search?

E-Bitz - SBS MVP the Official Blog of the SBS "Diva" — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 05:23:00 GMT

Tuesday, October 30, 2007 8:56 AM by Andre # re: WDS update revision follow - up Tuesday, October 30, 2007 2:20 AM by anon Put the script in your Active Directory Computer Startup GPO and this runs with the necessary rights, also /norestart if you don't...(read more)

Problem: the client computers are updated but not report to the WSUS Server

E-Bitz - SBS MVP the Official Blog of the SBS "Diva" — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 06:52:00 GMT

Problem Description ------------------------- the client computers are updated but not report to the WSUS Server Cause -------- This issue can occur if one of the following is true: 1. This issue may occur due to the SUSID 1.) Perform the following steps...(read more)

How WSUS stores patches

E-Bitz - SBS MVP the Official Blog of the SBS "Diva" — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 08:18:00 GMT

So something I hear from folks is the complaint that WSUS ... and therefore R2... downloads EVERYTHING for the categories that it syncs... and it doesn't. It only downloads those patches AFTER they are approved. You don't approve, they don't...(read more)