"Sam Cayze" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 01/30/2008 04:31:51 PM:
> try this: > > @echo off > Echo This batch file will Force the Update Detection from the AU client: > Echo 1. Stops the Automatic Updates Service (wuauserv) > Echo 2. Deletes the LastWaitTimeout registry key (if it exists) > Echo 3. Deletes the DetectionStartTime registry key (if it exists) > Echo 4. Deletes the NextDetectionTime registry key (if it exists) > Echo 5. Restart the Automatic Updates Service (wuauserv) > Echo 6. Force the detection > Pause > @echo on > net stop wuauserv > REG DELETE > "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\Auto > Update" /v LastWaitTimeout /f > REG DELETE > "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\Auto > Update" /v DetectionStartTime /f > Reg Delete > "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\Auto > Update" /v NextDetectionTime /f > net start wuauserv > wuauclt /detectnow > @echo off > Echo This AU client will now check for the Updates on the Local WSUS Server. > Pause Thanks. I didn't have the first 2 keys. Otherwise, seems to be no change - I have no new icon in the system tray that says that updates are available. > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 3:28 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: How to run WindowsUpdate on demand, with WSUS v3? > > > So I've set up a WSUS v3 server. Following the examples, I have a > GPO linked to a test OU, and a test machine in the OU. The test > machine has the GPO applied, and so it knows to get it's updates > from the WSUS server ("gpresult" shows my GPO being applied). I have > the GPO configured for "Notify for download, and notify for > install", which is how the boss wants it; he wants to pick and > choose which updates to apply and download, even beyond whatever > ones I've marked as "Approved". > > I've approved a number of the critical updates, and want to have my > test server go and get them *now*, rather than on the scheduled time of 3AM. > > I've tried "wuauclt /resetauthorization /detectnow" on the client > machine, to no (seeming) affect. > > So how can I go and get these updates now? When I do the "normal" > way of WindowsUpdate (i.e., open a browser and go to "http://www. > update.microsoft.com/"), it seems to actually go to the real MS > site, and not just show me my small approved list of updates (for > example, that way, I see the "Mailicious Software Removal Tool", > which I explicitly DECLINED as an update). So it doesn't seem to be > actually going to my WSUS server. Yet the WSUS server knows about > the client, and I can run a report from the WSUS server, and see the client. > > Any clues and pointers gratefully appreciated > > -- > Michael Leone > Network Administrator, ISM > Philadelphia Housing Authority > 2500 Jackson St > Philadelphia, PA 19145 > Tel: 215-684-4180 > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
