{"id":82,"date":"2008-08-06T17:59:44","date_gmt":"2008-08-06T16:59:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amikkelsen.com\/?p=82"},"modified":"2008-08-07T09:02:53","modified_gmt":"2008-08-07T08:02:53","slug":"problems-with-wsus-fails-or-not-working","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amikkelsen.com\/?p=82","title":{"rendered":"Problems with WSUS. Fails or Not Working"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today my WSUS stopped working, every time i tried to install a new update it failed.<br \/>\nI googled a bit and found a few guides to get it working.<\/p>\n<p>I have had the best luck with Method 2.<\/p>\n<p>Here is what you need to do:<br \/>\nMethod 1:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Open a command prompt. (If you don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know how please contact a technical support person)<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"indent\"><span class=\"userInput\">net stop wuauserv<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>regsvr32 \/u wuaueng.dll<\/li>\n<li>del C:\\WINDOWS\\SOFTWAREDISTRIBUTION<\/li>\n<li>del C:\\WINDOWSUPDATE.log (if this tells you that it is in use just go to the next step).<\/li>\n<li>regsvr32 wuaueng.dll<\/li>\n<li>net start wuauserv<\/li>\n<li>wuauclt.exe \/resetauthorization \/detectnow<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Method 2:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<div class=\"indent\"><span class=\"userInput\">Open a command prompt. (If you don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know how please contact a technical support person)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"indent\"><span class=\"userInput\">net stop wuauserv<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"userInput\">regsvr32 %windir%\\system32\\wups2.dll<\/span><\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"indent\"><span class=\"userInput\">net start wuauserv<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\"indent\"><span class=\"userInput\"><span class=\"userInput\">Method 3:<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li> Download the relevant version of Windows Update for your system<br \/>\n<strong>AgentWindows, x86-baserede systemer<\/strong><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"indent\"><span class=\"ll\"><a href=\"http:\/\/download.windowsupdate.com\/windowsupdate\/redist\/standalone\/7.0.6000.381\/windowsupdateagent30-x86.exe\">http:\/\/download.windowsupdate.com\/WindowsUpdate\/redist\/standalone\/7.0.6000.381\/WindowsUpdateAgent30-x86.exe<\/a><\/span><span class=\"pLink\"><br \/>\n<\/span><strong>Windows, x64-baserede systemer<\/strong><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"indent\"><span class=\"ll\"><a href=\"http:\/\/download.windowsupdate.com\/WindowsUpdate\/redist\/standalone\/7.0.6000.381\/WindowsUpdateAgent30-x64.exe\">http:\/\/download.windowsupdate.com\/WindowsUpdate\/redist\/standalone\/7.0.6000.381\/WindowsUpdateAgent30-x64.exe<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><strong>Windows, Itanium-baserede systemer<\/strong><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"indent\"><span class=\"ll\"><a href=\"http:\/\/download.windowsupdate.com\/windowsupdate\/redist\/standalone\/7.0.6000.381\/windowsupdateagent30-ia64.exe\">http:\/\/download.windowsupdate.com\/WindowsUpdate\/redist\/standalone\/7.0.6000.381\/WindowsUpdateAgent30-ia64.exe<\/a><\/span><span class=\"pLink\"> <\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>From <strong>Start<\/strong> -&gt; <strong>Run<\/strong> click <strong>Browse<\/strong> and browse to wher you downloaded the Windows Update installation.<\/li>\n<li>Add the following <strong>\/wuforce<\/strong> to the end of the path.\n<div class=\"indent\"><strong> C:\\WindowsUpdateAgent30-x86.exe&#8221;\/wuforce<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"indent\">Click <strong>OK<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"indent\">Follow the installation guide<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>There you go, you should be able to request Windows Updates and they will download and install as you expect.<\/p>\n<p>See more here<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/kb\/943144\">http:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/kb\/943144<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today my WSUS stopped working, every time i tried to install a new update it failed. 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