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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Why isn't my Windows 2008 R2 server hosted in Azure getting ESU patches automatically?
I moved a Server 2008 R2 workload to Azure and should be eligible to receive extended support updates automatically as per this page without any need for…
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Windows Update Servers returning Content-Length: 0 for certain networks
Would anyone know why a Windows Update server (ie: download.windowsupdate.com) would give what looks like a bogus reply on certain networks? Taking the example of a patch for MSE I get the following header using a 4G mobile network (Vodafone). I've…
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exchange server 2012 update does not work
We have an Exchange Server 2013 with a connection to Microsoft 365 running locally on our network. We use Windows Server 2012 R2.
This Exchange Server should now receive the cumulative update CU23. Unfortunately, the update process did not go…
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Is there a REST API for Windows Server Update Catalog?
Is there an API or Notification System for https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx - so that I can be aware of the update availability as and when they become available ?
What is the best way to proactively look for it in an automated…
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Powershell to run Windows Update commands on AD computers
So my goal here is to run commands like get-adcomputer | Install-WindowsUpdate -AcceptAll -AutoReboot
I want to get all of my AD computers and pipe the ComputerName to the ComputerName property in Install-WindowsUpdate. I tried a @foreach statement…
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WUSA Error code 3010
I'm trying to remotely install a windows update .msu file on a remote computer. I ran the following command
psexec \\com-479 -s wusa \\"commonshare\updates\windows6.1-KB4088875-x86.msu" /quiet /norestart
And it seems to exit with error code 3010. …
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Why are my Windows Servers ignoring group policy for Automatic Updates?
I have a number of Windows Servers running both Server 2016 and Server 2019 operating system, and they are ignoring both local and group policies that disable automatic updates. I want to manage updates manually via a 3rd party software called…
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Windows 2019 WSUS Error 0x8000ffff when pushing out Windows 10 Upgrades
I've had this error on 3 separate Windows 2019 servers I've tried to install Windows Server update Services (WSUS) on; It's worked fine on every Windows 2016 server I've configured, so I'm assuming I'm getting something wrong, or something's changed…
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What outbound firewall rules are required to receive Windows Defender definition updates?
I have outbound blocked in Windows firewall and aren't receiving Defender definition updates via Windows Update. Does anybody know what firewall rules would be required to receive definition updates?
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How do I enable SHA-2 Support on a windows 2012 RTM
How can I find the updated necessary to enable SHA-2 support on Windows 2012 RTM.
Windows update shows no patches available
Searches on Microsoft sites show patches for 2008 and mention 2012 but there does not seem to be a 2012 patch
Going to…
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Windows Server 2016 not showing optional updates
I have a Windows Server 2016 (Standard) machine that i keep updated:
Turns out there are a lot of "Optional Updates" that never appear in Windows Update.
Today i happened to try Windows Admin Center, which creates a web-site on your machine that…
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Why is the Delivery Optimization service failing to start?
I'm unable to install updates from our WSUS server (or from Windows Update) and error 7024 appears in the System Event Log:
The Delivery Optimization service terminated with the following service-specific error:
General access denied error
Error…
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A list of Microsoft Updates Applicable to Windows Server 2019 (LTSC) since release
I would like to generate a list of Microsoft Updates (security etc.) that are applicable to Windows Server 2019 (LTSC) since its release. Is there an easy way of doing this on the Windows Update website?
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Windows Server 2019 KB4524244 Error 0x800f0922
Getting this error (0x800f0922) when installing update KB4524244. Can't find any specifics yet. Just did a sfc /scannow and got 100% verified so not sure where to check on why it is failing.
Error log from the CBS.log
2020-02-21 09:19:27, Error …
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Windows Update downloaded and installed update's despite being set to manual
I have a windows 2016 datacenter server.
Using Sconfig, Windows Update Settings were set to Manual (some time ago)
If I check the registry HKLM:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate, the only entry in there is in \Au, which is…
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