WSUS 3 interface shortcomings Nick Payne 5/14/2007 2:41:02 AM If I have an update that is not approved, why does it show as needed on workstation? e.g. IE7 is not compatible with quite a number of our web based applications, so we have it approved for only one group of testing workstations and it is not approved for any other groups because we don't want it to install. But this means that all the other ~5000 workstations show as needing updates, even though though for the great majority of them the only update it thinks is needed is IE7, which we don't want to have installed. This makes it very difficult to find workstations that actually *do* need updates. We can't decline IE7 because WSUS doesn't allow us approve it for one group and decline it for others.

Re: WSUS 3 interface shortcomings kilinattila[ at ]gmail.com 5/14/2007 1:20:17 PM Hi, I was telling them this issue when they were in Beta phase also, but nothing happened. I'm having the same problem, and also with IE7. You also can't disable IE7, because in this way you cannot apply to the computers which need it :(( Curious for some resolution. Nick Payne írta: [Quoted Text] > If I have an update that is not approved, why does it show as needed on > workstation? e.g. IE7 is not compatible with quite a number of our web based > applications, so we have it approved for only one group of testing > workstations and it is not approved for any other groups because we don't > want it to install. But this means that all the other ~5000 workstations show > as needing updates, even though though for the great majority of them the > only update it thinks is needed is IE7, which we don't want to have > installed. This makes it very difficult to find workstations that actually > *do* need updates. > > We can't decline IE7 because WSUS doesn't allow us approve it for one group > and decline it for others.

Re: WSUS 3 interface shortcomings "Lawrence Garvin \(MVP\)" <onsitech[ at ]community.nospam> 5/15/2007 11:05:24 PM "Nick Payne" <NickPayne[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:4448583A-5975-4254-88B5-83D470B3F9FE[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > If I have an update that is not approved, why does it show as needed on > workstation? e.g. IE7 is not compatible with quite a number of our web > based > applications, so we have it approved for only one group of testing > workstations and it is not approved for any other groups because we don't > want it to install. But this means that all the other ~5000 workstations > show > as needing updates, even though though for the great majority of them the > only update it thinks is needed is IE7, which we don't want to have > installed. This makes it very difficult to find workstations that actually > *do* need updates. Your point has been noted, discussed, and is an issue in the WSUS 3 RTM. Part of the issue is that the term "Needed" really means "Not Yet Installed" in WSUS 3.0 parlance. Another part of the issue is that the auto-detect-on-always scenario wasn't taken fully into consideration when the reporting logic was written, thus the issue you're dealing with now. The good news is that a 3rd party is writing an alternate reporting module that will address this issue. Unfortunately, I have no information on release dates for the product, or what pricing may be involved. -- Lawrence Garvin, M.S., MCTS, MCP Independent WSUS Evangelist MVP-Software Distribution (2005-2007) https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=30E00990-8F1D-4774-BD62-D095EB07B36E Everything you need for WSUS is at http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/technologies/featured/wsus/default.mspx And, almost everything else is at http://wsusinfo.onsitechsolutions.com .....