



Here's how to do that http:/ / / how_to/ show/ 13129 If your just now setting up WSUS i also recommend limiting the bandwidth it uses or you will notice a significant drop until it downloads about 80gb worth of updates. The Next policy to set is the Configure automatic updates: this one is pretty basic set it to your needs The first policy in this folder you need to set is the "Configure intranet Microsoft update location"Įnable the policy and set both the settings in it to this https:\\"Servername":80 servername is replaced with the name of your WSUS server the :80 stands for the port by default it is 80 so you shouldn't have to change that unless you set it custom when you set up WSUS. Computer configuration\Administrative templates\Windows components\Windows update. Go to Your DC and open Group policy management Find a policy that is applied to all the workstations you want to manage with this WSUS server and edit it. Your Group Policy setting for the clients is what makes WSUS work it does not reach out to clients, they report in so in order for everything to work you need to configure the group policy for the workstations and Servers not on WSUS. I have about 75 servers and 500 PC's in 7 states, is it possible to accomplish this through AD? You have to perform those steps one way or another to register your machines to the WSUS server. Wuauclt.exe /resetauthorization /detectnow The we run a batch file with the following contents: "WUStatusServer"=" http:/ / http:/ / WSUS_Server above would be replaced with the name of your WSUS Server. Run a reg file with the following contents: We do two things for each computer that we add. If the WSUS server is providing other services that require Directory Browsing to be present, then just be aware that this is the cause of this message. This feature is not required for WSUS, and if this is a dedicated WSUS server you should uninstall this feature. This message, when it appears by itself, as it does in your case, is an indication that the Directory Browsing feature has been enabled on the WSUS server. (They default to every day at 3am.)Ĭontent: Error: Forbidden (Incorrect proxy client configuration The AUOption value should be set to 2, 3, or 4, depending on how you want downloads and installations to occur, and if AUOption '4' is set, then you'll also need to define the ScheduledDay and ScheduledTime options. The absence of the indicated registry value occurs when the GP setting is left in the NotConfigured state. These two options are controlled by the Configure Automatic Updates policy setting, and it must be ENABLED. Options: Not found (There is no such key) Windows Update Agent configuration settingsĪutomatic Update: Not found (There is no such key)

Based on the output from our diagnostic tool, it looks like one critical GP setting was missed:
