WSUS Server Configuration Wizard error ITAlgonquin 5/16/2007 4:38:01 PM Hi, I am installing WSUS 3.0 on a Windows 2k3 SP2 server. The install goes fine until the configurations wizard is supposed to automatically start and this is the error i get. "An Error occured when communicating with the server and this wizard must be closed. You may restart the WSUS Server Configuration Wizard from the options page in the WSUS 3.0 console". I have all of the required other program or services installed. I have also looked for this configuration wizard in the WSUS console, i'm not able to find it any where. I have tried the "Connect to server", but it doesn't see the wsus server; i'm guessing that is because i haven't done the configuration wizard to set up the server. Any help is appreciated! Adam

Re: WSUS Server Configuration Wizard error "Cecils\(MSFT\)" <cecils[ at ]online.microsoft.com> 5/16/2007 11:07:06 PM This is usually due to the need to Reset IIS. If, from a command prompt, you type IISREST, you should then be able to open the WSUS consol -- Cecil [MSFT] Deployment, WSUS Microsoft This posting is provided "As Is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. Use of included script samples are subject to the terms specified at http://www.microsoft.com/info/cpyright.htm "ITAlgonquin" <ITAlgonquin[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:A9EA11AC-3324-47DC-8D25-D9D826FF4820[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > Hi, > I am installing WSUS 3.0 on a Windows 2k3 SP2 server. The install goes > fine until the configurations wizard is supposed to automatically start > and > this is the error i get. > > "An Error occured when communicating with the server and this wizard must > be > closed. You may restart the WSUS Server Configuration Wizard from the > options > page in the WSUS 3.0 console". > > I have all of the required other program or services installed. I have > also > looked for this configuration wizard in the WSUS console, i'm not able to > find it any where. I have tried the "Connect to server", but it doesn't > see > the wsus server; i'm guessing that is because i haven't done the > configuration wizard to set up the server. > > Any help is appreciated! > > Adam

Re: WSUS Server Configuration Wizard error ITAlgonquin 5/17/2007 12:31:02 PM I actually solved the problem. The issue was that i had another program using port 80 which WSUS was trying to initialize as its own. I just had to go back through the install and choose to use port 8530 and the wizard came up as expected. "Cecils(MSFT)" wrote: [Quoted Text] > This is usually due to the need to Reset IIS. If, from a command prompt, > you type IISREST, you should then be able to open the WSUS consol > > -- > Cecil [MSFT] > Deployment, WSUS > Microsoft > > This posting is provided "As Is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. > Use of included script samples are subject to the terms specified at > http://www.microsoft.com/info/cpyright.htm > > "ITAlgonquin" <ITAlgonquin[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:A9EA11AC-3324-47DC-8D25-D9D826FF4820[ at ]microsoft.com... > > Hi, > > I am installing WSUS 3.0 on a Windows 2k3 SP2 server. The install goes > > fine until the configurations wizard is supposed to automatically start > > and > > this is the error i get. > > > > "An Error occured when communicating with the server and this wizard must > > be > > closed. You may restart the WSUS Server Configuration Wizard from the > > options > > page in the WSUS 3.0 console". > > > > I have all of the required other program or services installed. I have > > also > > looked for this configuration wizard in the WSUS console, i'm not able to > > find it any where. I have tried the "Connect to server", but it doesn't > > see > > the wsus server; i'm guessing that is because i haven't done the > > configuration wizard to set up the server. > > > > Any help is appreciated! > > > > Adam > >