An update service for Microsoft operating systems, server products, Office applications, Windows Defender, and Internet Explorer. It provides security updates, service packs, roll-ups, feature packs, and malware protection. The service is included in all versions of Windows since Windows 2000.
Questions tagged [windows-update]
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Problems after installation of KB5025229/KB5025230 on Azure VM with Windows Server 2019/2022
After installation of KB5025229/KB5025230 we are getting errors in our software:
System.IO.IOException: The process cannot access the file '{file}' because it is being used by another process.
After de-installation of KB5025229/KB5025230 the…
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Why are Microsoft Windows Update taking so long to install?
I have a question that is not related to a problem I have. Just something I'd like to understand.
Why are Windows update so long? First Windows Update need to find witch updates you needs and this take about 5 minutes. What is happening behind the…
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Ansible Windows Update - Fails Unless Interactive Login Performed
Long time/first time...Using official AWS Windows 2019 AMI ("ami-0229f7666f517b31e" on "us-east-1"), we spin up a new instance and perform the a few basic tasks (Using "user_data" option) via PowerShell:
Start logging
Start-Transcript -Path…
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Windows Update failed to install on Windows 10 because of Mass Storage disabled
I have a problem with Windows Updates on Windows 10 machines.
We use the Windows 10 Professional Version:2004 operating system.
The updates handled by our WSUS server. (Windows Server 2019)
The latest cumulative updates (2020-06 - KB4557957,2020-07…
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Windows Server 2012 Updates not available
I've run AWS Inspector on a Windows Server 2012 R2 server and it detected some vulnerabilities. For example, this one CVE-2019-11091, which is fixed in KB4499158.
However, this are the update I have installed:
That means that all updates are…
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Windows 10 update, turns off public folder sharing - need update proof alternative to share files
Ours is a small office with 6 people, which is overkill for Windows Server. Instead, we use Windows Pro and utilise the public folder for sharing files. Shared files are from Windows specific apps such as accounting programs, etc...
Several times,…
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Microsoft.Update.AutoUpdate or Powershell query reporting incorrect NotificationLevel
If I use Sconfig > 5) Windows Update Settings shows as 'Manual'
But when I run the following query in powershell:
(New-Object -ComObject "Microsoft.Update.AutoUpdate").Settings
It says the NotificationLevel = 4, which means Install updates…
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How do I prove that all available windows security updates are installed on a Windows 10 workstation?
If I have a Windows 10 workstation, I can use something like wmic qfe list or Get-Hotfix to show all the installed updates on that system. How can I prove, that the list of updates installed, are really all that is a available to be installed? I'm…
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How to get old hotfix KB2888853?
I have Windows Server 2008 R2 running and want to install KB2888853 which is not available any more to download (https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2888853/fix-the-supplied-message-is-incomplete-error-when-you-use-an-ftps-clie)
Somehow Windows…
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WSUS and Delivery Optimization disable
Windows 10 clients are downloading a lot of the updates from the internet instead of the WSUS server.
The WSUS itself is configured correctly, the clients are also reporting all to the WSUS servers.
and with windows 10 differ-differ version delivery…
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How can I start Windows Updates on 10 Windows 2016 servers remotely using Powershell
I have 10 domain joined Windows 2016 servers. I need to run Windows updates on them, I don't want to logon on to each of them, and then manually start Windows Updates.
I found that you can do it with;
Install-Module PSWindowsUpdate
But I don't…
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What is the correct Windows Update configuration within the OS when using Azure Update Management
We have started using Azure Update Management for our Windows VM's in Azure.
But I cannot find any documentation, indicating the recommended Windows Update configuration settings in the OS.
For example, should we use Sconfig within the OS and set…
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Windows update KB4487022 download and installing issue
I am having the below issue with an aging Windows Server 2008. Prior to this there have been no issues installing updates.
The 'problem' update is 2019-02 Preview of Monthly Quality Rollup for Windows Server 2008. KB4487022.
From Windows Update, I…
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Diagnose WSUS "not applicable" update
I have published a custom .msi application package to WSUS on Windows Server 2012 R2 using WSUS Package Publisher. The update is approved for a group of computers, some of which install said update without a problem (Windows 7 Client PCs). However,…
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Is it possible to set a scheduled tasks to run both directly before and directly after a windows update?
We're currently attempting to find a solution to better automate our Windows updates on our IIS machines. We have an infrastructure that is hit by thousands of transactions at all hours of the day; the best window we can provide is one with less of…
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