WSUS: Workstations are not Reporting To or Receiving Windows Updates from Windows Server Update Service
Posted on August 16, 2012 by Brian
If you discover that Workstations are not reporting to or receiving Windows Updates from your Windows Server Update Service, this is most likely caused by:
A) Corrupt SoftwareDistribution folder
B) Another Workstation having a matching SusClientId.
SOLUTION
To fix either of these scenarios:
1) Go into services.msc
2) Stop the Automatic Updates service
3) Navigate to C:\Windows
4) Delete the SoftwareDistribution folder and WindowsUpdate.log
5) Open the Registry
6) Go to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate
7) Delete SusClientId & SusClientIdValidation
8) Start the Automatic Update service
9) From the run command, run the following command:
wuauclt.exe /resetauthorization /detectnow
