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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HP z800 running Vista loses NVIDIA display settings after Windows Update
Not sure if this is a SuperUser question or not... I'm approaching from the administrator's perspective.
One of my users is on an HP z800 workstation running a financial trading application. This system contains two nVidia adapters powering SIX 24"…
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How do I disable WSUS for a single server?
Scenario:
A few Windows 2003 servers, part of our corporate network
Corporate IT has set up a WSUS server.
But it seems Corporate IT is unable to operate the WSUS server properly. On "my" servers, I get 'unable to download updates'-messages in the…
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How to block completely Windows Update on my network
I know it is not safe but I need to know how to prevent all computers in my LAN to download updates.
I have squid as proxy with dansguardian and I use OpenDNS...
I have put on a blacklist on dansguardian microsoft.com but it looks like it is not…
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Non-MS program updates in a domain
I have an AD domain and I don't want my users to have admin privileges on their local computer. I have WSUS for Windows updates and stuff but what about Firefox, Flash and other third party program updates? Isn't there a better solution than to go…
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Find Installation Date of Windows Updates
Is it possible to find the date when windows updates were installed on windows server 2003?
If I go to the controlpanel->install/uninstall programs and check the "Show Updates" checkbox it will show the windows updates that have been installed, but…
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Shorcut to list pending updates in Microsoft Windows
Is it possible to create a shortcut to "View update history"?
Or, do you have a script (powershell, vbs, cmd, ...) to list pending updates?
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Stopping Java from showing Update notice to all terminalserver users
on our terminal server all users have minimal (i.e. default) permissions. None are local administrators on that machine.
Still Java Runtime displays message to every user that an update is available. Clicking on the update asks for…
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Windows Updates Fails Server 2008 0x80070490
I have a server with Windows Server 2008 Standard x64 Edition installed. This has been installed and running for several months and I have been able to successfully install previous Windows Updates. I have two pending updates that fail to…
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Windows Server 2016 automatically restart
We've had a 2016 reboot on critical servers after updates! Even worse, during operating hours!
We have a group policy to prevent an automatic restart of the servers if a new update(s) is available:
Configure automatic updating: 3 - Auto download…
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.NET application fails after Windows Update KB4457034
Just installed the following Windows Update:
Security and Quality Rollup for .NET Framework 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, and 4.7.2 for Windows 8.1, RT 8.1 and Server 2012 R2 (KB 4457034)
as part of the bigger KB4457920 update.
However, after…
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Server 2016 Not Rebooting at Scheduled TIme
My Organization has a maintenance window between 4-8am every Sunday Morning. We have an OU structure setup to spread our production servers out for reboot during this scheduled time (example Reboot4-5, Reboot5-6, Reboot6-7, etc). We have GPOs on…
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Windows failed to install the following update with error 0x800f0900
My primary WIN 2012 VM domain controller cannot update anymore, every update fails with this error:
Windows failed to install the following update with error 0x800f0900
I tried many things:
reset SoftwareDistribution directory
sfc /scannow ends…
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How to automatically decline quality rollup updates in WSUS
As you probably know, it is now not possible to pick and choose specific updates to approve or decline in WSUS for older Windows operating systems. For servers, generally speaking there are now only two types: a roll up for the month's security…
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Setup a server to host Windows updates for all LAN devices
Background: I have a really slow internet connection (the highest download speed I've seen on it is 3.5Mbps, though I only pay for 3Mbps), and Windows 10 does updates all the freaking time. Like, so much. This obviously bogs down my connection…
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Users are seeing Windows Update notification on Terminal Servers. How to stop it?
We have a 6-server TS farm running Server 2008 R2 and using a WSUS server to do updates. Group Policy for the farm has updates configured to automatically download and install as soon as they're approved, but automatic reboots are disabled. The…
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