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Home Server Hub | Update: How to Run WSUS on Windows Home Server — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 09:13:51 +0000

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By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 01:10:03 +0000

@John - I am getting the same error. Did you ever get it fixed?

By: John

John — Tue, 13 May 2008 03:09:49 +0000

My Vista Ultimate PC shows up in the WHS snap-in as a warning and has not reported in, but When I click on get updates, I get error code 80244019 Windows could not search for new updates.

I did make the registry point to my WHS server. I also allowed the port on my WHS firewall.

Any suggestions ?

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Sun, 10 Feb 2008 19:06:51 +0000

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Sun, 10 Feb 2008 19:06:51 +0000

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By: Kevin Royalty SBS MVP

Kevin Royalty SBS MVP — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 15:58:16 +0000

Howard – yes just delete the key altogether if it didn’t exist before. otherwise, you put back what was there before.
Mike – yes – I have my vista64 ultimate getting its patches from WSUS on the WHS box just fine. you need to add the REG entries via “runas administrator”.
Drashna – great info – I’ll have to incorporate that into the document for the next version.

By: Drashna

Drashna — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 00:45:20 +0000

Another thing you can do is add ports 8530 and 8531 to WHS’ list to be UPnP port fowarded. This is a registry hack, but to add them:

Go to
“HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Home Server\Port Forwarding Service”
Under both “External Port” and “Internal Port” add dword “8530″ with decimal value “8530″, and “8531″ with decimal value “8531″
and Under Protocal, add dwords “8530″ and “8531″ with value of “1″

This should enable UPnP mapping for both of those ports for WSUS so you won’t have to manually add them. Usefully if your WHS box doesn’t have a static IP.

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 04:23:09 +0000

Kevin, Will the same reg edit you have work for Vista Ult? I got it to work fine on my XP system but the WSUS server still isnt picking up my Vista box’s.

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Introducing 3 New People to the Team | We Got Served — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 12:09:14 +0000

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By: Howard Parr

Howard Parr — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 18:51:25 +0000

I occasionally work on PCs for friends and family and like to return them fully patched. I would like to use the WSUS on my WHS to provide the patches.

The document provides the REG script to point the PC to the WSUS, but how would I then repoint the PC back to Windows Update.

I have searched the registry for the specified key [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate] in order to back it up and restore it when I’m finished, but the key does not exist. Would deleting this key repoint the PC to get it’s updates from Windows Update? Or would other registry modifications be necessary?

By: Kevin Royalty SBS MVP

Kevin Royalty SBS MVP — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 16:05:36 +0000

Rouza,
The doc in the text above the screenshot has no space. the screenshot looks like there is a space for some reason. I’ll see if I can get another screenshot and update the document. I did update my copy and bolded the text. when I get this updated and back to Terry for upload, you’ll see it.
Kevin

By: Kevin Royalty SBS MVP

Kevin Royalty SBS MVP — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 15:55:02 +0000

Rouza,
There shouldn’t be a space in “\\.\” I’ll check my doc to make sure there isn’t a space there (but word may have put one in without my knowledege).
Kevin