Tag Archives: WSUS

Windows Update KB5012170 (Secure Boot DBX) re-released for WSUS (Oct. 2022)

Posted on 2022-10-17 by guenni

[German]Brief information for administrators in the Windows environment. A reader just informed me that Windows Update KB5012170 has been re-released in WSUS. This update was released on Patchday, August 9, 2022 to fix issues in Secure Boot DBX. However, this … Continue reading →

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WSUS chaos: Preview updates for Windows and Net withdrawn as superseded on 9/21/2022

Posted on 2022-09-23 by guenni

[German]Small addendum from this week. Microsoft had released several preview updates for Windows 10, Windows 11 and Windows Server 2019/2022 as well as .NET Framework on September 20, 2022. However, it looks like Microsoft withdrew these updates from WSUS (and … Continue reading →

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Windows 10 22H2: Already distributed via WSUS in August 2022; Clients no longer find updates

Posted on 2022-09-22 by guenni

[German]I got reports from a few people  complaining that their Windows 10 clients didn't get updates via WSUS in September 2022. Then it turned out that their clients were already upgraded to version 22H2 via WSUS in August 2022 via … Continue reading →

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Strange WSUS update alert dated May 24, 2022.

Posted on 2022-05-25 by guenni

[German]Blog reader Markus K. contacted me yesterday morning by mail and described a strange observation. On his WSUS instances 45 new update notifications from WSUSE for Windows 10 20H2 to 21H2 have arrived on May 24, 2022, but they belong … Continue reading →

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Pitfall: Windows clients install updates past WSUS

Posted on 2022-04-11 by guenni

[German]There is occasional feedback here on the German and English blogs from administrators who use WSUS to control the distribution of updates to Windows clients, and complain that clients have surprisingly pulled updates past WSUS and installed them. The cause … Continue reading →

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WSUS displays all Windows 11 clients as Windows 10 Enterprise

Posted on 2021-11-04 by guenni

[German]Quick question for the WSUS administrators under my blog readers who may already have Windows 11 clients integrated in WSUS. Right now there is some confusion about managing Windows 11 clients in WSUS. There are reports that all clients with … Continue reading →

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How-To: Import OOB Updates in WSUS without IE, but with Microsoft Edge

Posted on 2021-11-03 by guenni

[German]WSUS administrators are facing issues when it comes to importing updates. For historical reasons, Internet Explorer is normally required for this import. However, Microsoft is relying on the Edge browser in Windows 10 and Windows 11. Now, instead of laboriously … Continue reading →

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Changes and ambiguities in driver updates via WSUS; is Windows 10 bypassing Updates via WSUS?

Posted on 2021-07-09 by guenni

[German]In today's blog post, I'll summarize two things that German blog reader Markus K. pointed out to me by mail. Possibly there are changes in driver updates via WSUS, at least there are and ambiguities. Once he suddenly appears on … Continue reading →

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Windows 10, the WSUS and the SSU+LCU detection chaos

Posted on 2021-07-04 by guenni

[German] I already talked about problems in connection with the June 2021 update for Windows 10 within some blog posts. If updates required as a prerequisite are missing, the installation will causes issues. But a blog reader emailed me to … Continue reading →

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Windows 10: Microsoft confirms issues with June 2021 security update

Posted on 2021-06-26 by guenni

[German]There are issues with the installation of the security updates from June 2021 in Windows 10, because the patches cannot be installed. I had already addressed this some time ago after readers' comments in the blog. Coincidentally, this week I … Continue reading →

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