atsouch Posted January 12, 2006 Report Share Posted January 12, 2006 Microsoft’s WSUS server is an easy-to-use and free patching tool – when it works. But sometimes there’s nothing easy about getting your Windows Update clients to talk to your WSUS server. Here’s a troubleshooting trick that’ll save you time. Remember that the Windows Update Agent that downloads patches from http://update.microsoft.com is the very same agent that connects that workstation to your WSUS server. When you’ve got a client that just won’t talk to the server and you don’t know why, try connecting that client to http://update.microsoft.com. The web site should give you an error code explaining why the client can’t communicate. You can either research the web for that error code, or sign up for the System and Network Troubleshooting Track at TechMentor Orlando. In his highly-rated session “When WSUS Goes Bad: Troubleshooting Windows Update”, contributing editor and popular instructor Greg Shields will show you some of the common error codes and their associated fixes. Plus, you’ll take away great automation scripts that give you more control and better scheduling of your WSUS patching experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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