RE: WSUS Problems

Nathan, thank you for your help.

""Nathan Liu [MSFT]"" wrote:

> HI Brian,
>
> Thank you for the waiting. I appreciate your time and patience.
>
> In order to narrow down this issue, please kindly answer and perform the
> following questions and steps:
>
> 1. Does this issue occur with all computers or certain computers?

All PCs.

> 2. Did you receive any error message?

None.

> 3. Please kindly refer to the following KB article:
>
> WSUS: Script to Force the Update Detection from Automatic Update Client for
> updates
> on WSUS Server
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555453

I've tried this but I am still unsure if its picked up the new WSUS server
or not. The last command in the script "wuauclt /detectnow" appears to do
nothing. Is there a command that actually provides some output as to whether
or not the PC is now pointing to the WSUS server?

Another point is that I understood that the WSUS server does its downloading
only when it is told to "synchronise" with the Windows Update Site. When I
did this, it downloaded 350 MB of data (I had it set only to download the
critical and security updates for Win2K and WinXP as a trial). While working
on it, I "approved for installation" all the packages, in an effort to force
the PCs to start updating. I came into work this morning only to discover
that my site has made a massive series of downloads over the weekend! I now
have 40 GB of data! My boss will hit the roof! Have I misunderstood how
WSUS works and that it downloads all the packages which have been "approved
for installation", in addition to whatever it might have downloaded while
"synchronising"? Or have my PCs decided to run amoke and start downloading
from the Windows Website rather than the WSUS server, individually?

> How to troubleshoot Windows Update, Microsoft Update, and Windows Server
> Update Services installation issues
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=906602
>
> 4. Check the RPC service is ran as "local system" on the problematic
> computer.

How do I do that?

> 5. Let's install Windows Installer 3.1 on the client machine, and then
> try again:

It/they already have it installed.

> windows installer 3.1
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=889482FC-5F56-4A38-
> B838-DE776FD4138C&displaylang=en
>
> 6. Install this hotfix:
>
> FIX: IIS 6.0 may send an "HTTP 100 Continue" response in the middle of the
> response stream when you send a POST request
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=898708

Where does this appear?

cheers

Brian

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