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Questions tagged [windows-update]

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.

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Windows Patches/Updates in a hosting enviornment

I'm looking for a good tool besides WSUS that will allow me to update Windows 2000/2003/2008 servers that are part of a domain/in a different domain/standalone enviornment. The current products I'm looking at are Kaseya Security Manager Plus Does…
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Windows updates change firewall settings, break server

Last night a Windows update ran on our server running Windows Server 2008 R2 and this morning we couldn't RDP into the box or access the sites that it hosts. The hosting provider could RDP into it though. They disabled the firewall which fixed the…
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Disable windows sbs2008 updates via GPO

I have a windows sbs2008 server and i would like to stop widnows updates from being downloaded via a group policy i have managed to fidn the policy then when i clicked update it took me to a different window called gpo management editor and i cannot…
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Windows updates randomly fail to install

Background We've had Windows update problems in the past, where randomly different updates wouldn't install. Usually I ended up hiding these updates and tried to forget about them. Eventually I unhid them and they suddenly magically went through. I…
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Configuring location based GPO for WSUS updates but only for some clients

I would like to configure WSUS so that employees arrive in main location they use WSUS to download stuff, and when they are in other locations (different locations / home etc) they use Windows Updates. It was suggested in this question to use…
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Windows 2003 Std HTTP issues (also affects windows updates)

I have 3 Windows 2003 servers in a domain. Server 1 is running the AD and VPN roles. Server 2 is running Exchange 2003. Server 3 is running some third party network apps and was supposed to be running the VPN role. They are all in the same subnet…
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Windows Server 2008 R2 Product Updates

I installed and then uninstalled Microsoft Security Essentials on Server 2008 R2 - after installation I noticed that there were 12 updates on a supposedly fully updated system. I did a little further comparison with another Server 2008 R2 server…
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Track changes to Windows Update settings in registry

Is it possible to track down changes to the Windows Update settings in the event logs (Win2008 R2 Std)? I tried filtering the System event log by Source = WindowsUpdateClient but this seems to list only actual Windows Update actions. I also tried…
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Windows Updates causes server to crash

The last two times I've installed Windows Updates (security patches only) on our W2K03 file/print server, upon reboot, it has resulted in the OS crashing at the point where during logon the status banner reads 'applying computer settings'. This will…
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Windows update to notify?

I have changed the windows update option to notify on my win2003 datacenter edition as I don't want it downloading anything while the server is running but to notify me so I can schedule the best time for it to be downloaded and installed. The…
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Shutdown and apply updates or Reboot

Occasionally, after applying an update (usually through Windows Update) the Start menuhas a small glyph beside the shutdown button, and a tooltip saying "shutdown and apply updates" Wouldn't a reboot accomplish the same thing --- is an full…
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How to specify updates in WSUS

I have WSUS on Windows server 2003 64 bit. I want to specify updates for my clients, for example some PCs I don't want them to update to Internet explore 8 and WSUS has downloaded and updated by itself and I don't want to go to one by by one to…
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Remote Desktop Issues

After I ran some windows updates (remotely, using terminal services) and hit restart, I couldn't connect to the remote server via RDP, my client program just says it can't connect. I know the server did restart, because apache and filezilla etc are…
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Windows Update Won't Open On Win2k8 R2

When I try and open the Windows Update control panel it either never displays, or displays a partially rendered Windows Update window and never seems to "unfreeze". I've tried cycling the Windows Update service (which seems to stall during the Stop…
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Identify Machines where Windows update is disabled or not started

We have noticed over the last week or so that a few of the machines in our enterprise have got their Windows update and bits services disabled, possibly caused by an issue a while ago with the conficker virus. Does anyone know any easy way to scan a…
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