Tag Archives: WSUS

Microsoft’s confirmation of a WSUS sync issue – failing to receive updates (May 11, 2021)

Posted on 2021-05-13 by guenni

[German]As of May 11, 2021, administrators found that no Windows updates were found in the Windows Server Update Service (WSUS). After a few hours, the problem resolved. Now Microsoft has confirmed the problem nor provided some hints. Advertising

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WSUS does not receive updates (May 11, 2021)

Posted on 2021-05-11 by guenni

[German]Currently, there are more and more reports that no updates are found in the Windows Server Update Service (WSUS). Only Defender updates are trickling in – it looks like Microsoft is not (yet) making the May 11, 2021 security updates … Continue reading →

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WSUS Sync error from April 7, 2021 fixed

Posted on 2021-04-10 by guenni

[German]Just a short information for WSUS admins. The sync problem in WSUS that I reported on 7.4.2021 (see WSUS/MECM: No sync since April, 7, 2021) has been fixed. Readers had already reported in comments that the synchronization works again. The … Continue reading →

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WSUS/MECM: No sync since April, 7, 2021

Posted on 2021-04-08 by guenni

[German]Short note or question to the administrators of a Windows Server Update Service (WSUS): Does the synchronization work for you? There are reports, that sync (at MECM) is failing since yesterday. Advertising

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Windows 10 V1909: WSUS bug prevents correct display of build number

Posted on 2021-02-22 by guenni

[German]Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) is having problems detecting the correct build numbers on Windows 10 version 1909. Due to a bug, an incorrect build number is returned. Advertising

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WSUS 3.0 SP2: Sync fails since Feb. 2021

Posted on 2021-02-12 by guenni

[German]Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) 3.0 SP2 seems to have lost its synchronization feature a few days ago, as blog reader Martin B. just told me via email (thanks for that). Addendum: It seems that the issue has been fixed … Continue reading →

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0patch fixes CVE-2020-1013 in Windows 7/Server 2008 R2

Posted on 2020-12-24 by guenni

[German]ACROS Security has released a micropatch for the CVE-2020-1013 (WSUS Spoofing, Local Privilege Escalation in Group Policies) vulnerability for Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 (without ESU license). Here is some information about it. Advertising

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Windows 10 Feature Upgrade Re-Releases for WSUS (Nov. 10, 2020)

Posted on 2020-11-10 by guenni

[German]Short note for administrators who distribute updates in managed environments It seems that the night has brought a surge of Windows 10 feature updates. Advertising

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Microsoft Edge available as update KB4584642 for WSUS

Posted on 2020-10-31 by guenni

[German]Short note for for administrators in enterprise environments who want to use the new Chromium-Edge Browser. Microsoft made Microsoft Edge now available as update KB4584642 for WSUS. Here are a few details. Advertising

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Windows Server 2012 R2: Fix for WSUS Sync Bug (from July 2020 updates)

Posted on 2020-10-30 by guenni

[German]If updates are managed with WSUS under Windows Server 2012 R2, there may be synchronization issues problems on some systems since July 1, 2020 due to disabled TLS 1.0/1.1 support. But there is a workaround: Use a downgrade of TLS … Continue reading →

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