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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Windows Server 2016 DC - 8007370b error installing June 2022 cumulative update
For some reason I'm not able to install the June 2022 security update on a Windows Server 2016 domain controller. It fails with error 8007370b every time.
I've already tried resetting WU components and deleting the SoftwareDistribution folder as…
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Policies in Windows update
I have a laptop that is telling me there are policies set on the device from group policy. This is the only PC that is showing me those policies, I even kicked this laptop out of my domain and I'm still unable to resume updates, any ideas?
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PowerShell - List WSUS Updates Needed for Each Client
I need to provide a monthly report to our client listing the updates needed by each Windows server in our environment. Ideally, the report would list the updates for the month and the servers in my environment that need them.
My PowerShell knowledge…
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Windows Update: We can't finish the update. Try restarting your device and we'll try again. Error code: (0x8007000e)
I'm trying to use Upsync to download and provide updates to Windows Update Agent. To see if it works, I looked up in Settings > View update history > Uninstall updates and uninstalled this update, which is from Security Updates classification and…
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How to identify when a server is preparing to restart for Windows Updates?
When a system is working on Windows Updates that require a reboot, at a certain stage it will kick RDP sessions and new RDP sessions will immediately be bounced back. But, I've also seen other (mystery) cases where new RDP sessions are kicked…
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Update of Windows Server 2019 fails with 0x800f0986
This is a follow up to What exactly means MS error code 0x800f0986?
I use Windows Server 2019 Standard, Version 1809, Build 1339.
I am not able to perform any weekly updates as it fails with 0x800f0986, both Online Update and WSUS fail.
When running…
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CertUtil Windows Update gives me 430+ certificates?
There are several well known methods of downloading certificate lists from Microsoft, including
certutil -generateSSTfromWU c:\my_cert\
Doing that (or just downloading authrootstl.cab) gives me a collection of more than 400 root certificates.
Now, I…
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Offline install of all win 10 printer drivers
I want to download the whole set of printer drivers that Microsoft does not distribute anymore since Windows 7 and install/deploy them without windows update or internet access.
I am aware that I can use the windows update catalogue. But then I need…
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I have been trying to update my SSM agent. I'm running the command AWS updatessmagent
I have been trying to update my SSM agent. I'm running the command AWS updatessmagent. This is what I am getting.
PS C:\Windows\Temp> AWS-UpdateSSMAgent
AWS-UpdateSSMAgent : The term 'AWS-UpdateSSMAgent' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet,…
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Running Disk cleanup triggered TiWorker.exe causing high CPU/Memory usage
I thought that running an apparently harmless Clean-up command, the one included in the Administrative Tools, on my Windows Server 2016 would be a piece of cake and it turned out to be a complete mess. Not only hardly anything was deleted but it…
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Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC - Installed updates differ between Windows Update and Installed Updates
Windows Update - View Update History and Installed Updates show different things:
Kiosks running Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 1809 - 17763.2061.
I'd assumed these should list the same things, but they don't. Would I be right in thinking that…
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Query Windows Update via MDM Update CSP
I'm trying to query accurate Windows Update information on Windows 10
Using the old "Microsoft.Update.Session" method, the data doesn't match what's in the Windows Update UI ("Settings" -> "Updates").
I get the same results with PSWindowsUpdate,…
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WSUS drivers supersedence
I have added the driver classification in wsus and now i have 100k driver updates. The supersedence is not specified so i can't easily decline old updates. I see a lot of duplicate versions for the drivers (update id is different so it's not the…
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Mitigating Windows Server Update risk?
I'm new to the IT industry; I'm not a sysadmin...I'm a road construction guy by trade. So let me know if I've mixed up any terminology, concepts, etc.
My organization's IT department is very small. We seem to be barely treading water when it comes…
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Why is Microsoft Windows Update (KB5003220) breaking authentication to my File Share
We have a file share on our SAN using CIFS/SMB protocol. Immediately upon applying this particular Windows Update (KB5003220), authentication to the file share breaks. Does anyone know what causes this?
Further testing has shown that the file share…
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