Thanks Sam,
That .CMD file did the trick. The service restarted and then showed the icon and let me review the updates. Leif From: Sam Cayze [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 02:05 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows update icon missing This should do the trick: (Props to whomever wrote it, it wasn't me). If that doesn't work, google 'Dail-a-fix', it has an option to reset automatic updates as well (Although, I think it does the same things in this script...) rem ******************************* FIXWSUS.CMD ************************************* net stop wuauserv regsvr32 /s wuapi.dll regsvr32 /s wups.dll regsvr32 /s wuaueng.dll regsvr32 /s wucltui.dll regsvr32 /s msxml3.dll c: cd %windir%\SoftwareDistribution rd /s/q DataStore mkdir DataStore rd /s/q Download mkdir Download net start wuauserv rem Fixes problem with client machines not showing up on the server due to imaging method reg delete HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate /v AccountDomainSid /f reg delete HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate /v PingID /f reg delete HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate /v SusClientId /f cls @echo Triggering detection after resetting WSUS client identity net stop "Automatic Updates" net start "Automatic Updates" wuauclt /resetauthorization /detectnow echo susid set to unique>c:\wsusfix.txt _____ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
