If you've been working with WSUS for a while then you're probably already aware of http://www.wsuswiki.com but if not you should stop by and check it out.  One of the cool things about the site is that all information provided on the site is written...

Here's a cool tip that comes from Joe Tindale, one of our top Senior Support Escalation Engineers out in Charlotte, North Carolina. If you're seeing 80072ee7 and 0x8024402c errors in your client's WindowsUpdate.log then this may be your issue: ===...

We had two updated Knowledge Base articles for the week: One on WSUS and one on Microsoft Update.  The links and titles are below: ======== Microsoft Software Update Svcs 894199 - Description of Software Update Services and Windows Server Update...

We had nine updated Knowledge Base articles for the week: One on WSUS, six on Windows Update and two on Microsoft Update.  Sorry, nothing brand new last week.  The links and titles are below: ======== Microsoft Software Update Svcs 894199 -...

Here’s an issue we have been seeing lately that I wanted to let you know about.  If you've just rolled out some new clients and are seeing these errors then this should explain why. ========  Issue: Newly built clients may fail to sync...

In case you missed this over on the WSUS product team blog , in the next few weeks they'll be adding a new category to your WSUS server – Expression Media 2 .  This category belongs to the Microsoft Expression product family and will include...

Have you ever wanted to extend the size of your softwaredistribution.log and/or change.log?  If so then check out this tip from Joe Tindale, a Senior Support Escalation Engineer in our WSUS support group: ======== You can control the log file sizes...

In case you missed the announcement , the WSUS product team has released new revisions for MS08-053 (KB954156) and MS08-054 (KB954154) today.  You will see new revisions for both in your WSUS synchronization results, and the WSUSscan.cab will be...

A week or so back I mentioned that KB943729 is detected as not applicable on Windows XP Service Pack 3 computers but I should also probably mention that this applies to a couple of the latest .NET Framework updates as well.  For example, you may...

We had seven new or updated Knowledge Base articles for the week: Six on Windows Update and one on WSUS.  The links and titles are below: ======== Windows Update 885819 - You experience problems when you access the Windows Update Version 6 Web site...

We're getting a few calls on this one so I thought it would be worth a mention here.  Thanks to Joe Tindale for bringing this to my attention: ======== Issue: You try to deploy KB9432729 -  Information about new Group Policy preferences in Windows...

Here's an interesting WSUS/Vista issue written up Joe Tindale, a Senior Support Escalation Engineer in North Carolina. If you're turning off automatic restarts but seeing them anyway this may be your issue: ======== Issue: You may have Windows Vista...

We had three updated Update related Knowledge Base articles for the week: Two on Microsoft Update and one on Windows Update.  Nothing specific to the WSUS product this week.  The links and titles are below: ======== Error code 0x8024402C when...

Wait, didn't I just post something about new product categories?  I yea, I did .  Well there's one more to keep an eye out for as well.  In addition to the previous two already mentioned, there will be a new product category added to your...

The good folks over in the WSUS product group recently posted on their blog about two new product categories that are showing up in the WSUS Synchronization Options dialogs.  An intro and a link to the full post is below: ======== Hello folks! Today...

The question about how Service Packs are reported is one that seems to come up all the time, and understandably so because it can be very confusing if you don't understand what's really going on. Fortunately our very own Joe Tindale wrote up a great explanation...

Here's an interesting issue written up by Scott Ellison, a Senior Support Escalation Engineer in our Charlotte, NC office. This issue is caused by a missing EULA, and nobody likes a missing EULA: ======== Issue: When attempting to deploy a software...

Back by popular demand are the weekly new Knowledge Base article lists and instead of just listing the new articles I'm listing any that have been updated as well.  Note that the list is not WSUS specific but includes anything relating to Windows...

Over on the Microsoft Update Product Team Blog they just announced that a new product category for Windows 7 Client was published to Windows Update and was made available to WSUS.  They indicate that another one for Windows 7 Server should be appearing...

Do you get the occasional OutOfMemoryException error when running reports in WSUS?  Are you looking to customize the reporting capabilities.  How about improving the overall performance of the reports?  If you answered yes to any of these...

If you're running Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) in a virtualized environment or if you're planning on doing so in the future, you'll want to be aware of this, and since this involves changes to our support policy I wanted to share it with all...

Hello, my name is Joe Tindale and I am a Support Escalation Engineer with the WSUS team. As some of you may know we recently released some driver updates that resulted in an extra ~12,000 updates flowing to your WSUS servers.  At the root of this...

Here's a great tip from Rob Coffey, a real life WSUS support engineer from North Carolina. We've seen reports of this occurring if you upgrade to WSUS Service Pack 1 and then remove the SP although I haven't been able to confirm this myself. If you have...

Have you ever wanted to automate the process of searching, downloading and installing a specific update?  How about scanning for security updates without connecting to Windows Update or to a Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) server?  Well...

Here's a cool tip on an issue that seems to get people from time to time.  This one comes from Joao Madureira, a real life WSUS support engineer from Texas: ======== Issue: When checking the console for approved updates, some updates may appear as...