I'm glad they finally made it work that way in Vista and above... I was hoping it would have done that for years.
*ASB *(Find me online via About.Me <http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker/bio>) *Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage... * On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 9:24 AM, Bob Hartung <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 <http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker/bio>) > *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
