Guest John Posted October 30, 2008 Posted October 30, 2008 I have a Windows SBS 2003 server with WSUS that isn't working. Is there a way to have my XP clients download updates from MS automatically without going through the server? Thanks, John
Guest MowGreen [MVP] Posted October 30, 2008 Posted October 30, 2008 Re: Windows Update Post forwarded to the WSUS newsgroup so you can deal with the WSUS issue. OE link: http://news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.server.update_services Without knowing the specific setup [GPO, etc.] it's difficult advising you on how to update the workstations. MowGreen [MVP 2003-2009] =============== *-343-* FDNY Never Forgotten =============== John wrote: > I have a Windows SBS 2003 server with WSUS that isn't working. Is there a > way to have my XP clients download updates from MS automatically without > going through the server? > > Thanks, > > John > >
Guest Lawrence Garvin \(MVP\) Posted October 30, 2008 Posted October 30, 2008 Re: Windows Update > John wrote: > >> I have a Windows SBS 2003 server with WSUS that isn't working. Is there >> a way to have my XP clients download updates from MS automatically >> without going through the server? For the short term, yes, but as soon as the client does a Group Policy refresh, it'll be back talking to your dysfunctional WSUS Server again. On the client, in the registry, navigate to HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU and set the registry value "UseWUServer" to dword:0x0 and restart the Automatic Updates service. The client will then execute a detection against Windows Update, and download all needed updates. Or, you could just browse to Windows Update from Internet Explorer, and not even mess with the registry. Any particular reason you're more interested in doing this at howevermany individual clients instead of just fixing the WSUS Server? -- Lawrence Garvin, M.S., MCITP(x2), MCTS(x5), MCP(x7), MCBMSP Principal/CTO, Onsite Technology Solutions, Houston, Texas Microsoft MVP - Software Distribution (2005-2009) MS WSUS Website: http://www.microsoft.com/wsus My Websites: http://www.onsitechsolutions.com; http://wsusinfo.onsitechsolutions.com My MVP Profile: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Lawrence.Garvin
Guest John Posted October 31, 2008 Posted October 31, 2008 Re: Windows Update I haven't been able to solve the WSUS issue, so I was going to see if I could reasonably bypass updating from the server. I have an anal engineer that has been harping about his updates not working and I want to get him off my back. It doesn't matter to me how the updates are downloaded, just that they are. This is for three client PCs. I'll try the registry hack and see how it goes. Thanks for the info. John "Lawrence Garvin (MVP)" <lawrence@nospam> wrote in message news:uUHOohtOJHA.1744@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >> John wrote: >> >>> I have a Windows SBS 2003 server with WSUS that isn't working. Is there >>> a way to have my XP clients download updates from MS automatically >>> without going through the server? > > For the short term, yes, but as soon as the client does a Group Policy > refresh, it'll be back talking to your dysfunctional WSUS Server again. > > On the client, in the registry, navigate to > HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU and set the > registry value "UseWUServer" to dword:0x0 and restart the Automatic > Updates service. > > The client will then execute a detection against Windows Update, and > download all needed updates. > > Or, you could just browse to Windows Update from Internet Explorer, and > not even mess with the registry. > > Any particular reason you're more interested in doing this at howevermany > individual clients instead of just fixing the WSUS Server? > > > > -- > Lawrence Garvin, M.S., MCITP(x2), MCTS(x5), MCP(x7), MCBMSP > Principal/CTO, Onsite Technology Solutions, Houston, Texas > Microsoft MVP - Software Distribution (2005-2009) > > MS WSUS Website: http://www.microsoft.com/wsus > My Websites: http://www.onsitechsolutions.com; > http://wsusinfo.onsitechsolutions.com > My MVP Profile: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Lawrence.Garvin >
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