Questions tagged [windows-update]
An update service for Microsoft operating systems, server products, Office applications, Windows Defender, and Internet Explorer. It provides security updates, service packs, roll-ups, feature packs, and malware protection. The service is included in all versions of Windows since Windows 2000.
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22H2 windows endpoint has previous versions of windows (21h2, 1607 etc.) monthly cumulative update installed of the same month
Machine is Windows 10 22H2
It has the May 22H2 cumulative update installed via SCCM
But I noticed it also has May 21H2, 1607, 1809 etc. cumulative update installed via SCCM as well.
Apologies as I am ...
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Windows Update Service gets stuck at Stopping state whenever I check for update on the domain controller
On my domain controller which is Running Windows Server 2016, whenever I check for updates, the updates start downloading and get stuck at 7% or sometimes stuck at checking for updates. I see that the ...
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Windows Server 2016 Update Failure Rollback
When I attempt to run an update using check for updates or the cumulative offline installer, the update fails and rolls back.
Here's the log from the rollback, not sure how much I should include, so ...
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Can't install update KB5025229 on Windows Server 2019 - Error 0x8007371b
Windows Server 2019 (OS Build 17763.4131).
Following a search for updates, I was offered the cumulative update KB5025229 which according to Microsoft contains fixes for security issues and some other ...
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Wsus gpo applied but not used
On my server, I have a GPO dedicated to enabling wsus in the environment but is some time that on the server the gpo are processed correctly and in gpresult and rsop are all ok, here is a screen:
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Problems after installation of KB5025229/KB5025230 on Azure VM with Windows Server 2019/2022
After installation of KB5025229/KB5025230 we are getting errors in our software:
System.IO.IOException: The process cannot access the file '{file}' because it is being used by another process.
After ...
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Windows Feature Update Silent Install
We are trying to push out the latest Windows Feature update via our RMM but when running it doesn't appear to do anything. We've tried running the following:
PowerShell
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Wsus client getting error 403 (0x80244018)
It's been a week that my clients can't download updates from my wsus server.
They control and find updates normally but when it comes to download them, they are all getting 403 error from the server.
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Why is Windows 10 22H2 update erasing WinRM settings?
I used the Media Creation Tool for Windows 10 downloaded from here to create a Windows 10 22H2 image. Then I proceeded to install the image by running setup.exe with the following command line ...
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Updating Windows Server Fail Over cluster
I would like to know what is the best practice to perform windows update on Windows Server Fail Over Cluster via WSUS on a scenario below where two servers named WSFC01 & WSFC02 are in the same OU:...
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Windows 10 needs installing new printer driver after installing security patch 5022282
I had a lot of problem after installing windows 10 security patch 5022282 that caused my printers donot work any more.when you send a print, it shows you a dialogbox that want you to install new ...
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Does Kerberos OOB Patch Change RC4-HMAC Settings on DC
I have a very specific question before we deploy the November 2022 OOB patch to resolve the Kerberos deal on our DCs.
1st - I ran a klist command on a Windows box and it returns about 16 server ...
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Windows Update issue 0x800f0900
Server info:
OS Name: Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Standard
OS Version: 10.0.17763 N/A Build 17763
Original Install Date: 1/17/2020, 12:25:18 PM
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How to install Windows Updates on HyperV host with no downtime, without using live migration?
Is there a way to install Windows Updates on a HyperV Host, e.g. Windows Server 2022 Datacenter, without downtime, unless you use live migration? Any suggestions here would be greatly appreciated
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Windows Update failed to check for updates with error 0x80072EFE
I am unable to Download/Install Windows update on my Windows Sever 2016 Std. Version 1607 OS Build 14393.5501
Windows Update failed to check for updates with error 0x80072EFE
Most of the Solution are ...
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Running Dism.exe CleanupImage takes ages and eventually ends up with an error
On Wednesday evening I launched on my Windows Server 2016 Diskm.exe as this "dism.exe /online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup".
I thought it would be a straightforward process but when ...
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Windows Server 2016 tried to install very old CUs in September 2022
I have a few Windows Server 2016 machines running. All of them are configured for automatic Windows updates, which worked fine so far. We regularly monitor whether they are "up to date", so ...
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Error installing cumulative update pack "2022-08 Cumulative Update for Windows Server 2019 for x64-based Systems (KB5016623)" on Windows Server 2019
Good morning!
I am trying to install the update package "2022-08 Cumulative Update for Windows Server 2019 for x64-based Systems (KB5016623)" on Windows Server 2019 (Running on vSphere and ...
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Check if Windows Server requires a critical update?
I'm trying to find a way to determine if a Windows Update is critical- ie, a vital security fix rather than functionality fix.
I see ways to automate a general check in various answers:
powershell ...
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WSUS synchronization error
Starting from 23 July 2022 WSUS synchronization started failing with error: "A dependency of the update was not found on the server and was not provided by the upstream server.".
WSUS does ...
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How to install Windows Updates from command line without third party scripts
I am aware of PSWindowsUpdate but this is a third party script that is not created by Microsoft. For the more security conscious of us out there, I am wondering how to install all available Windows ...
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Virus and threat protection not auto updating through SCCM
Our business is managing about a hundred PCs with an undocumented installation and exploitation of SCCM 2111, and I recently noticed a problem with the virus and threat protection on some of the ...
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Is there an API to query Windows Update Endpoints
is there any known API to query machine-readable endpoints for Microsoft Services (especially Windows Updates) other than https://endpoints.office.com/ for M365?
Reasoning is, that our Firewall is ...
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Exchange 2016 CU23 giving error "upgrade the discovery mailboxes to R5 version"
We have a hybrid 2016 Exchange setup that needs cumulative update 23. I have been stuck on this same error for some time now. In my research I have found that the issue has to do with needing the ...
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Hyper-V 2019 Core Server can't install windows defender update KB4052623?
I am having a problem with installing the "Update for Microsoft Defender Antivirus antimalware platform - KB4052623 (Version 4.18.2205.7)" Update on my Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2019 Core ...
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Windows Server 2016 DC - 8007370b error installing June 2022 cumulative update
For some reason I'm not able to install the June 2022 security update on a Windows Server 2016 domain controller. It fails with error 8007370b every time.
I've already tried resetting WU components ...
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Policies in Windows update
I have a laptop that is telling me there are policies set on the device from group policy. This is the only PC that is showing me those policies, I even kicked this laptop out of my domain and I'm ...
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PowerShell - List WSUS Updates Needed for Each Client
I need to provide a monthly report to our client listing the updates needed by each Windows server in our environment. Ideally, the report would list the updates for the month and the servers in my ...
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Windows Update: We can't finish the update. Try restarting your device and we'll try again. Error code: (0x8007000e)
I'm trying to use Upsync to download and provide updates to Windows Update Agent. To see if it works, I looked up in Settings > View update history > Uninstall updates and uninstalled this ...
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How to identify when a server is preparing to restart for Windows Updates?
When a system is working on Windows Updates that require a reboot, at a certain stage it will kick RDP sessions and new RDP sessions will immediately be bounced back. But, I've also seen other (...
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Update of Windows Server 2019 fails with 0x800f0986
This is a follow up to What exactly means MS error code 0x800f0986?
I use Windows Server 2019 Standard, Version 1809, Build 1339.
I am not able to perform any weekly updates as it fails with ...
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Windows Update crashes before opening
Windows Server 2016. When I try to open Windows Update (Setting - Update and security), application crashes. In Event Log, I found:
Faulting application name: SystemSettings.exe, version: 10.0.14393....
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Windows Update fallback plan when system is powered off?
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I have a Windows domain consisting of ten Windows 2022 servers and five Windows 11 Hyper-V VMs. The servers live at AWS. The Windows 11 VMs live on various laptops.
I want to implement a ...
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Microsft Windows update KB5009543 : troubles with VPN
I have installed last Windows update kb5009543, and I have troubles using my vpn (pb L2TP), is there another way than uninstall this update to make the vpn work fine?
Has Microsoft provided any new ...
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CertUtil Windows Update gives me 430+ certificates?
There are several well known methods of downloading certificate lists from Microsoft, including
certutil -generateSSTfromWU c:\my_cert\
Doing that (or just downloading authrootstl.cab) gives me a ...
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Offline install of all win 10 printer drivers
I want to download the whole set of printer drivers that Microsoft does not distribute anymore since Windows 7 and install/deploy them without windows update or internet access.
I am aware that I can ...
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What exactly means MS error code 0x800f0986?
I cannot install update KB5009557 (Windows Server 2019, Version 1809, Build 17763.1339) as it fails with error code 0x800f0986.
Both, online update and WSUS, are not successful.
I read several ...
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I have been trying to update my SSM agent. I'm running the command AWS updatessmagent
I have been trying to update my SSM agent. I'm running the command AWS updatessmagent. This is what I am getting.
PS C:\Windows\Temp> AWS-UpdateSSMAgent
AWS-UpdateSSMAgent : The term 'AWS-...
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Running Disk cleanup triggered TiWorker.exe causing high CPU/Memory usage
I thought that running an apparently harmless Clean-up command, the one included in the Administrative Tools, on my Windows Server 2016 would be a piece of cake and it turned out to be a complete mess....
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DISM unable to repair Server 2016
I've been fighting this for a few days now and could really use some help from the community. This started out as a failure to install windows updates on a Server 2016 Datacenter, which led to ...
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Windows Update Error 0x80070005 on Server 2016
I frequently get error 0x80070005 on Windows 2016 servers when running Windows Update. It's really odd, other updates will install fine, and often future updates will install as well. Updates also ...
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Unable to deploy printers via GPO User Configuration after Windows update KB5005033 got installed ("Do you trust this printer?" issue)
Recent (2021-08-10) KB5005033 Windows update actually brings this issue back to life by forcing admins only to install printer drivers (and thus, not allowing printer distribution via User ...
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Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC - Installed updates differ between Windows Update and Installed Updates
Windows Update - View Update History and Installed Updates show different things:
Kiosks running Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 1809 - 17763.2061.
I'd assumed these should list the same things, but they ...
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Print Nightmare patch missing for Server 2016
Windows Server 2016 Standard servers seem to be unable to receive or see the PrintNightmare patch.
According to Microsoft documentation, I should be seeking KB5004948. According to this Microsoft page ...
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Windows Server 2016 schedule automatic updates not working as set in Group Policy
I have a Windows Server 2016 VPS where a web app is hosted.it works fine but when windows install updates,nothing works because,in this case CPU usage is 99% and no user can access the app
I've setup ...
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Query Windows Update via MDM Update CSP
I'm trying to query accurate Windows Update information on Windows 10
Using the old "Microsoft.Update.Session" method, the data doesn't match what's in the Windows Update UI ("Settings&...
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WSUS drivers supersedence
I have added the driver classification in wsus and now i have 100k driver updates. The supersedence is not specified so i can't easily decline old updates. I see a lot of duplicate versions for the ...
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Disable Hyper-V Server 2016 auto updates
I ran into a strange issue last week.
I have a bunch of Hyper-V 2016 Servers joined to a freshly created Active Directory domain (no GPO is currently configured).
There is one server who's rebooting ...
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How to get Security update only for window 10 and server 2019?
So previously for Win7 and servers up to 2012R, we push out [Security Monthly Quality Roll up ] updates, looks like they are no longer available for Windows 10 and Server 2019?
What is the current ...
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Mitigating Windows Server Update risk?
I'm new to the IT industry; I'm not a sysadmin...I'm a road construction guy by trade. So let me know if I've mixed up any terminology, concepts, etc.
My organization's IT department is very small. ...
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