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31 May
2010

How to move your SUSDB (WSUS)

WSUS 3 by default stores its metadata in the "Windows Internal Database". According to wikipedia, this is an embedded version of SQL Express, which ships with Win2k8, Sharepoint Services and WSUS.

So, how move this datastore around?… Read more

As with a regular SQL Server datastore, you can detach and move

IT, Windows | 1 Comment » | Tags: database, SQL Server Express, Windows, windows internal database, Windows Updates, WSUS, WYukon

13 May
2010

KB974417 install fails – working solution! – updated

(This article is an update to this original page from march.)

This article is an update to this original page from march. If you can't get these instructions to work, you may try the old instructions.

I recently installed a new Microsoft WSUS… Read more server. Most of it went

IT, Windows | 10 Comments » | Tags: KB974417, KBsomething, updates, Windows, Windows Updates, Windows XP, WSUS

18 Mar
2010

Schedule Windows server to reboot or shutdown

Yesterday, I installed an update on a Windows server that could not be rebooted during the day. To apply the update, I scheduled a reboot of the server in the evening. © GeekLabInfo… Read more

Windows | No Comments » | Tags: reboot, scripting, shutdown, sysinternals, Windows

17 Mar
2010

KB953297 installation fails – working solution!

I just described that KB974417 fails to install on a few of my clients. Well, so does KB953297. Unforunately, I don't have error messages for this update. But I can tell how I fixed it:

The fix

Trying to install NDP1.1sp1-KB953297-X86.exe… Read more, I got the message that the software we're

IT | No Comments » | Tags: KB953297, KBsomething, Windows, WSUS

17 Mar
2010

KB974417 install fails – working solution!

Please read this updated article instead.
This page remains available for archiving purposes.

I recently installed a new Microsoft WSUS… Read more server. Most of it went just fine. Except for a few updates that weren't needed according to windowsupdate.com, but were required according to WSUS. Especially KB974417 was pretty annoying.

Windows | 53 Comments » | Tags: KB974417, KBsomething, updates, Windows, Windows Updates, Windows XP, WSUS

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