Tag Archives: WSUS

Again WSUS Sync issues (12/04/2018)

Posted on 2018-12-07 by guenni

[German]A short message for administrators who use WSUS for update distribution. Currently there seems to be synchronization issues with WSUS (various versions) as well as SCCM again. Here is some information about this topic. Addendum: Might be fixed.

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Windows 7: From April 2019 ‘SHA-2-Support’ is required

Posted on 2018-11-21 by guenni

[German]Users of Windows 7 SP1 (and its server counterparts) and WSUS will need a special update from April 2019, which will enable the machine to handle SHA2 code signatures. Without this update, these machines can no longer process updates.

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WSUS: Windows 10 Feature Updates re-released (Sept. 28)

Posted on 2018-09-28 by guenni

[German]A few days ago Microsoft re-released some cumulative updates for Windows 10 (see my blog post Windows 10: Updates KB4458469, KB4457136 (09/26/2018)) and explains that something has been missing in the first release. Today Microsoft has re-released again a massive … Continue reading →

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Windows/Office (WSUS) Update issues & experiences

Posted on 2018-09-25 by guenni

[German]Currently there are synchronization problems with WSUS. Furthermore, administrators run into issues during the update installation for Office and Windows, e.g. the error 0x8000ffff is thrown. Here again an overview or some experiences of a blog reader.

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Patchday issues with updates & WSUS (September 11, 2018)

Posted on 2018-09-12 by guenni

[German]As of September 11, 2018, Microsoft has released a new batch of updates for Windows and other products. Update KB4457144 for Windows 7 SP1 may issue error 0x8000FFFF. Addendum: The reason for this error and a simple fix has been … Continue reading →

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Fix for Office 2016 updates related WSUS sync issues?

Posted on 2018-09-08 by guenni

[German]On September 8, 2018, Microsoft has re-released a new batch of updates for Microsoft Office 2016 for WSUS. This may fix synchronization issues with WSUS that have existed since September 4, 2018 (Office Patchday).

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Office 2016 September 4, 2018 updates breaks WSUS sync

Posted on 2018-09-06 by guenni

[German]Just a brief short note for administrators in WSUS environments observing synchronization failures since a few days. It's not your WSUS, it's probably caused by broken Office 2016 updates.

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WSUS: Microsoft Update Catalog Import failure

Posted on 2018-06-25 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has already admitted an issue with WSUS 5.0 (Windows Server 2016) in March 2018. Some or all Updates can't be imported from the Microsoft Update Catalog in WSUS.

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WSUS synchronized 45 updates (06/16/2018)

Posted on 2018-06-17 by guenni

A brief information for administrators. Blog reader Markus K. informed me that 45 updates for Windows, Office etc. were re-synchronized in WSUS on Saturday, June 16, 2018..

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Issues with cumulative update KB4230450 for IE

Posted on 2018-06-15 by guenni

[German]Cumulative update KB4230450 for Internet Explorer seems to cause some issues. Microsoft had to make improvements in WSUS detection. And there is a message that suddenly old updates are offered..

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