> Thanks Dave... My url is right I just put the stars in there.
>
> Here is what I first did because I was not sure that it would download the
> updates.... anyway yes I have the updates select by WSUS that I wanted..
> ie.. critical, security...ect but I approved them all and relized that it
> was going to download them all...... so I went through and declined all
> of them figuring that the client would say... hey I need these updates and
> then I could just go back and approve only those.
>
> Under WSUS on this new client it shows that it does not need any updates
> yet.... I know it needs over 80 of them. If I pick one that I know it
> needs and approve it and set the deadline in the past then it will install
> it on the client machine.
>
> I just would like to have it show in WSUS that it needs these.
>
> Thanks
> "DaveMills" <DaveMills[ at ]newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
> news:mm7uk4ps770lb6vuad5483u9cejbecnqqf[ at ]4ax.com...
>> On Sun, 21 Dec 2008 15:10:25 -0600, "chaz" <chaztrip[ at ]gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>Ok, so I have followed Lawrence's post and installed SP2 on my target
>>>machine. So should it not report that it needs 87 updates? At least
>>>that
>>>is what MBSA says it needs.
>> Only if the updates are within the product groups you have configured to
>> synchronies.
>>
>>>Do you have to have an update approved before a
>>>client will say it needs it?
>> No but its metadata must be synchronizing.
>>
>>>Should not the client just say hey... here are
>>>the updates I need and I can go in and decide to approve them? Can I
>>>force
>>>that to update to the WSUS console?
>> Detection occurs in your configuration once an hour. Installation only at
>> midnight. You can force a detection using "wuauclt /detectnow" reporting
>> in the
>> WSUS reports will be delayed by at least10 mins and usually somewhat
>> longer.
>>>
>>>Here is my Client Diag for the target machine:
>>>
>>>WSUS Client Diagnostics Tool
>>>
>>>Checking Machine State
>>> Checking for admin rights to run tool . . . . . . . . . PASS
>>> Automatic Updates Service is running. . . . . . . . . . PASS
>>> Background Intelligent Transfer Service is not running. PASS
>>> Wuaueng.dll version 7.2.6001.788. . . . . . . . . . . . PASS
>>> This version is WSUS 2.0
>>>
>>>Checking AU Settings
>>> AU Option is 4: Scheduled Install . . . . . . . . . . . PASS
>>> Option is from Policy settings
>>>
>>>Checking Proxy Configuration
>>> Checking for winhttp local machine Proxy settings . . . PASS
>>> Winhttp local machine access type
>>> <Direct Connection>
>>> Winhttp local machine Proxy. . . . . . . . . . NONE
>>> Winhttp local machine ProxyBypass. . . . . . . NONE
>>> Checking User IE Proxy settings . . . . . . . . . . . . PASS
>>> User IE Proxy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NONE
>>> User IE ProxyByPass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . NONE
>>> User IE AutoConfig URL Proxy . . . . . . . . . NONE
>>> User IE AutoDetect
>>> AutoDetect not in use
>>>
>>>Checking Connection to WSUS/SUS Server
>>> WUServer =
http://*****>>> WUStatusServer =
http://*****>> No idea if the URL is correct though. Quite a significant minority of
>> people get
>> it wrong.
>>
>>> UseWuServer is enabled. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PASS
>>> Connection to server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PASS
>>> SelfUpdate folder is present. . . . . . . . . . . . . . PASS
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Here is the GPO settings that I have for the test OU ::
>>>
>>>
>>> "Allow Automatic Updates immediate installation" = ENABLED
>>> "Allow non-administrators to receive update notifications" = NOT
>>>CONFIGURED
>>> "Automatic Updates detection frequency" = 1 hour
>>> "Configure Automatic Updates" = Option #4/Scheduled Install Time:0000
>>> "Delay Restart for scheduled installations" = ENABLED
>>> "Do not adjust default option..." = NOT CONFIGURED
>>> "Do not display ... option ..." = NOT CONFIGURED
>>> "Enable client-side targeting" = ENABLED/TargetGroup:UnderConstruction
>>> "No auto-restart..." = DISABLED
>>> "Re-prompt for restart with scheduled installations" = NOT CONFIGURED
>>> "Reschedule Automatic Updates scheduled installations" =
>>> ENABLED/Delay:1
>>>minute
>> --
>> Dave Mills
>> There are 10 types of people, those that understand binary and those that
>> don't.
>