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  • November 7, 2016 at 10:33 pm #9285
    mortega
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    Hello, I’m loving batchpatch and how easily it allows me to run updates on my workstations/servers manually instead of waiting for WSUS to catch up. I noticed that when I tell batchpatch to ‘Download and Install Updates’ it will say ‘Searching’ and then complete with ‘Windows Update: There are no applicable updates’. I login to the server and running windows updates manually gives me the same response. When I select the option (on the Windows Update application) Check online for updates from Microsoft Update it will find several critical updates. Is there a way to force it to look at Microsoft Update instead of the WSUS (set by GPO)? I’m guessing it’s that WSUS hasn’t downloaded these updates for whatever reason… strange.

    November 7, 2016 at 11:20 pm #11429
    doug
    Moderator

    In ‘Tools > Settings > Windows Update’ you can modify the ‘Server Selection’ to be your WSUS (default/managed), ‘Windows Update,’ or ‘Microsoft Update.’ You can also adjust the actual search to include all software updates or just the important/recommended updates.

    -Doug

    November 10, 2016 at 5:34 am #11437
    mortega
    Participant

    Thank you I will give that a try, for this to work do I need to disable WSUS being automatically set by GPO?

    November 10, 2016 at 2:59 pm #11442
    doug
    Moderator

    No.

    November 10, 2016 at 7:25 pm #11443
    mortega
    Participant

    Thank you Doug.

    I tried to do a Windows Updates – Download and Install Updates. It showed searching, then I changed the settings to what you recommended. Then I did a check for updates and received the following notification after I tried to Kill the search:

    PC

    Windows Update Messages

    Error 1611: 1. Failure – 13:24:08

    Remote Agent Log

    PC 11/10/2016 13:16:57

    ::Begin online search – Server Selection: Default

    All Messages

    Thu-13:24:08> Windows Update: Error 1611: 1. Failure

    Thu-13:24:08> Windows Update: Failed to obtain result. Could not find file ‘\PCC$Program FilesBatchPatchBatchPatchTempResult.log’.

    Thu-13:23:55> TaskKill: Exit Code: 0

    Thu-13:23:52> Executing TaskKill /F /S PC /IM BatchPatchRemoteAgent.exe

    Thu-13:19:01> Windows Update: Error 1623. HRESULT -2147024891: Access to the path ‘\PCC$Program FilesBatchPatchBatchPatchRemoteAgent.exe’ is denied. This can occur when BatchPatch is already executing a Windows Update process on the target host. Please make sure the previous BatchPatch Windows Update process is complete before executing a new one. You can re-attach to an existing BatchPatch Windows Update process using ‘Actions > Windows Updates > Reattach orphan’

    Thu-13:19:01> Windows Update: Attempting to initiate Windows Update (Action: Search for updates: ‘SoftwareOnly’ | Server selection: Microsoft Update) …

    Thu-13:19:01> Windows Update: Establishing connection…

    Thu-13:19:00> Windows Update: Initializing…

    Thu-13:18:56> Windows Update: Queued… (Check for available updates)

    Thu-13:16:57> Windows Update: Executing BatchPatchRemoteAgent.exe…

    Thu-13:16:56> Windows Update: Attempting to initiate Windows Update (Action: Download and install updates: ‘SoftwareOnly’ | Server selection: Default / Managed) …

    Thu-13:16:56> Windows Update: Establishing connection…

    Thu-13:16:56> Windows Update: Initializing…

    Thu-13:16:56> Windows Update: Queued… (Download and install updates)

    November 10, 2016 at 7:37 pm #11444
    doug
    Moderator

    When you kill the search it will produce an error. That is expected/normal.

    -Doug

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