Home
.. About WSUS Wiki

WSUS
.. WSUS FAQ
.. WSUS on SBS
.. WSUS Troubleshooting
.. WSUS News Groups
.. Known WSUS Issues
.. WSUS Links
.. WSUS Wish List

WSUS Documents
.. WSUS Deployment Guide
.. WSUS Installation Guide
.. WSUS Release Notes
.. WSUS Best Practice

SUS
.. SUS FAQ
.. What Is SUS
.. SUS Troubleshooting
.. SUS Links
.. SUS Known Issues
.. SUS FAQ
.. What Is SUS
.. SUS Troubleshooting
.. SUS Links
.. SUS Known Issues

Wiki Community

 .. Wiki Contributors
.. I Love WSUS
.. WSUS Wiki Diary
.. Wiki Statistics
.. To Do Page

Miscellaneous Stuff
.. Other Resources
.. Do You Know?

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.