WSUS Troubleshooting

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Troubleshooting WSUS

Here you will find few troubleshooting steps:

Troubleshooting WSUS Installation - this section looks at troubleshooting the installation of WSUS.
WSUS Post Installation Validation - some things to do when you first get WSUS up and running, prior to production.
Troubleshooting WSUS In Production - here we look at errors that might occur in production.
Troubleshooting Client Setup - looks at the problem with AU clients that do not register in the WSUS Admin console due to a client setup error.
Common WSUS Errors Codes - Listing of known WSUS error codes and how to address them.
Troubleshooting Client Targeting - client targeting, an important area of WSUS, also might be an issue and there are some specific troubleshooting steps related to this area.
Troubleshooting AU Updates With WSUS - here we look at issues with AU updates, once you have your WSUS server(s) in production, and the clients are connecting to the WSUS server.
Troubleshooting WUS Office Update - this page examines issues around using WSUS to distribute Office updates.
Troubleshooting Group Policy (GPO)
Client Configuration Checks & Known Issues - Key configuration troubleshooting steps to check when investigating why WSUS clients may not be checking in. Also information on Two known issues.
Office Updates and WSUS support - Troubleshooting update support through WSUS or Microsoft Update for Office XP or 2003 Administrative Install points
Troubleshooting "FATAL: 0x80070005: ERROR:" - Troubleshooting when some clients fail to Install (not download) updates with a Handler FATAL: 0x80070005: ERROR: Remote update handler container process created (PID: 1180), but exited before signaling event

Other resources:

WSUS News Groups - see this page for information on newsgroups set-up to support the WSUS OEP beta programme. These are publically available.

WUS Webcast - This link points to a webcast held on September 22 2004 which WSUS and gives some some troubleshooting tips.

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