Tag Archives: WSUS

Strange WSUS update alert dated May 24, 2022.

Posted on 2022-05-25 by guenni

[German]Blog reader Markus K. contacted me yesterday morning by mail and described a strange observation. On his WSUS instances 45 new update notifications from WSUSE for Windows 10 20H2 to 21H2 have arrived on May 24, 2022, but they belong … Continue reading →

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Pitfall: Windows clients install updates past WSUS

Posted on 2022-04-11 by guenni

[German]There is occasional feedback here on the German and English blogs from administrators who use WSUS to control the distribution of updates to Windows clients, and complain that clients have surprisingly pulled updates past WSUS and installed them. The cause … Continue reading →

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WSUS displays all Windows 11 clients as Windows 10 Enterprise

Posted on 2021-11-04 by guenni

[German]Quick question for the WSUS administrators under my blog readers who may already have Windows 11 clients integrated in WSUS. Right now there is some confusion about managing Windows 11 clients in WSUS. There are reports that all clients with … Continue reading →

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How-To: Import OOB Updates in WSUS without IE, but with Microsoft Edge

Posted on 2021-11-03 by guenni

[German]WSUS administrators are facing issues when it comes to importing updates. For historical reasons, Internet Explorer is normally required for this import. However, Microsoft is relying on the Edge browser in Windows 10 and Windows 11. Now, instead of laboriously … Continue reading →

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Changes and ambiguities in driver updates via WSUS; is Windows 10 bypassing Updates via WSUS?

Posted on 2021-07-09 by guenni

[German]In today's blog post, I'll summarize two things that German blog reader Markus K. pointed out to me by mail. Possibly there are changes in driver updates via WSUS, at least there are and ambiguities. Once he suddenly appears on … Continue reading →

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Windows 10, the WSUS and the SSU+LCU detection chaos

Posted on 2021-07-04 by guenni

[German] I already talked about problems in connection with the June 2021 update for Windows 10 within some blog posts. If updates required as a prerequisite are missing, the installation will causes issues. But a blog reader emailed me to … Continue reading →

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Windows 10: Microsoft confirms issues with June 2021 security update

Posted on 2021-06-26 by guenni

[German]There are issues with the installation of the security updates from June 2021 in Windows 10, because the patches cannot be installed. I had already addressed this some time ago after readers' comments in the blog. Coincidentally, this week I … Continue reading →

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Windows 10 V1909: Installation of update KB5003635 fails

Posted on 2021-06-21 by guenni

[German]Today another small blog post about installation problems with Windows 10 updates with a surprising cause. I came across a case where the installation of update KB5003635 fails on Windows 10 version 1909 clients. The cause is bizarre: an outdated … Continue reading →

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Was Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 SP1 Update KB2565063 forgotten in WSUS?

Posted on 2021-06-10 by guenni

[German]A brief question for the administrators among the blog readers who manage updates with WSUS. Has the current version of the update KB2565063 (Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 SP1 Redistributable Package) been deployed on WSUS? Or did Microsoft simply forget about … Continue reading →

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WSUS Survey 2020: Where and how it will be used

Posted on 2021-05-22 by guenni

[German]In enterprise environments, WSUS is frequently used under Windows Server for update management. But how do administrators use WSUS and what do they manage with it? I have the results of a survey from the end of 2020, which I … Continue reading →

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