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How to Reset Windows Update Group Policy Settings

If you’re transitioning away from Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) or need to troubleshoot Windows Update issues, resetting the Windows Update Group Policy Object (GPO) settings can be essential. Often, corruption in registry permissions can prevent expected changes from taking effect. This guide will walk you through the process of resetting these settings by removing the specific registry key responsible …

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Broken Microsoft Update – KB4338818

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You may have installed Microsoft Update KB4338818 during Patch Tuesday and now your Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 is broken right? Maybe even some Windows 7 machines? Well guess what? You are not the only one! Yes, Microsoft have done it yet again, released a dirty update that this time hits your Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 machines and Microsoft …

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KB4284826 & KB4284867 Might Break Windows 7 Machines

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Microsoft are really outdoing themselves at the moment as it seems that they have released another pair of updates for Windows 7 machines that reboots the computer when connecting to a wireless or VPN connection. We have had around 40 machines with these two updates that have seen this problem. We have had to remove these from circlation on our …

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KB4093118 & KB4093108 – Another Faulty Windows Update Released by Microsoft

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Microsoft have yet again released another Windows Update which has caused corruption and crashing on Windows computers. We have particularly hit with issues on Windows 7 machines. Although there are reported issues with Server 2008 R2 as well. So, having spent a few hours searching for todays culprit, we found that the update causing the issue is this one: KB4093118 …

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Updates fail or time out when WSUS is used during an MDT or SCCM capture

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This guide assumes that you use Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT build 8443) or Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) capturing Windows. You capture a task sequence, and the capture computer does not have Internet access. When the task sequence is running and the computer is checking for updates (pre-application installation), the installation freezes for 2 hours while searching for updates. After …

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WSUS – Cleanup using Powershell with email notification output

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lntroduction If you are using WSUS in your environment, you may want to run a scheduled task to cleanup old updates and compress some of the larger updates to free up space on your server. A good way of doing this is to run a Powershell script which will take care of all your cleanup requirements and as we are …

WSUS Powershell Cleanup Tool

Download To download, simply scroll down towards the bottom of this page and you will see the options for this download. Ensure you select the correct one and click the blue Download button as detailed below:

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SCUP – Adobe Flash Player Updated Catalog

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If you have been using System Center Updates Publisher (SCUP) to push out Adobe updates to your end users, then you may have recently noticed that the Flash Player catalog has stopped working. Well this is due to Adobe having moved where the cab file is for the catalog, but you can easily update the link to the correct one …

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WSUS – Windows 10 Feature Upgrades Fail Fix

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If you are using WSUS in your environment and you find that your Windows 10 clients are failing to download or install any Feature Upgrades (to 1607 or any CU updates) then you can give this fix a try. You should first ensure that you have not approved any of these upgrades before installing the KB3095113 update on your WSUS …

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WSUS Installation Errors on Microsoft Server 2012

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We have recently been installing WSUS on a rebuilt Microsoft Server 2012 and found that although the role would install without any issue, when we tried to run the configuration wizard we were getting an error and in the log file it stated: “Config file did not contain a value “ContentDirectory”” So, first of all, we needed to fix this …

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SCUP – Failed to connect to the update server error

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We were recently setting up a new WSUS server in our lab and also setting up System Center Updates Publisher (SCUP) and kept getting an error when trying to connect SCUP to WSUS which were installed on the same server. The error we were getting was: “Failed to connect to the update server. Check your update server configuration settings and …

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Slipstream Windows installation media with all latest updates

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With Windows 7 being a number of years old now, when you rebuild a Windows 7 machine you will find that there are 200+ Windows Updates that need to be applied to your installation. So what if you could add all those updates into your Windows 7 installation source media so that they are applied during the installation and saving …