Thank you for clearing that up for me. It seemed logical to assume if you configured a PC to have the local WSUS server as its update source, launching Windows update from the start menu would go to the WSUS server. When it worked on a Win7 PC, I assumed that XP would behave the same. Once again logic takes a backseat to reality...
I've scanned the "windowsupdate.log" files on a couple of the XP machines and found references to accessing the local WSUS server so the GPO settings have been successfully applied. Thanks again. ---------------------- Bob Hartung Wisco Industries, Inc. 736 Janesville St. Oregon, WI 53575 Tel: (608) 835-3106 x215 Fax: (608) 835-7399 e-mail: bhartung(at)wiscoind.com _____ From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:[email protected]] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thu, 10 Feb 2011 16:11:06 -0600 Subject: Re: XP PCs aren't connecting to WSUS Server What do you mean by "manually launch Windows Update" ? Windows Update / Microsoft Update is just a website. On Vista/Win7, if you try to go there, you are redirected to open up the internal Windows Update applet (for lack of a better term), whether or not you have WSUS installed. Previous versions don't offer that option. ASB (Find me online via About.Me) Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage... On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 4:57 PM, Bob Hartung <[email protected]> wrote: I've setup a WSUS Server 3.0 running on Windows 2008. I've setup an OU with WSUS GPO settings. So far, the Windows 7 PCs I've tested are successfully picking up the GPO settings and properly connecting to the WSUS server when I launch Windows Update manually on the PC. However, I'm not having the same results with XP PCs. They also are receiving the GPO settings (see below) but if I manually launch Windows Update on them, they continue to connect to Microsoft's Update website, not the WSUS server. Any suggestions on why they aren't connecting to the WSUS server? Thanks. WSUS Client Diagnostics Tool Checking Machine State Checking for admin rights to run tool . . . . . . . . . PASS Automatic Updates Service is running. . . . . . . . . . PASS Background Intelligent Transfer Service is running. . . PASS Wuaueng.dll version 7.4.7600.226. . . . . . . . . . . . PASS This version is WSUS 2.0 Checking AU Settings AU Option is 3 : Notify Prior to Install. . . . . . . . PASS Option is from Policy settings Checking Proxy Configuration Checking for winhttp local machine Proxy settings . . . PASS Winhttp local machine access type <Direct Connection> Winhttp local machine Proxy. . . . . . . . . . NONE Winhttp local machine ProxyBypass. . . . . . . NONE Checking User IE Proxy settings . . . . . . . . . . . . PASS User IE Proxy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NONE User IE ProxyByPass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . NONE User IE AutoConfig URL Proxy . . . . . . . . . NONE User IE AutoDetect AutoDetect in use Checking Connection to WSUS/SUS Server WUServer = http://win2k8-1 WUStatusServer = http://win2k8-1 UseWuServer is enabled. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PASS Connection to server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PASS SelfUpdate folder is present. . . . . . . . . . . . . . PASS ---------------------- Bob Hartung ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
