Windows 2003 SP2 & WSUS 3.0

July 24, 2007

I have seen several threads asking about this but no answers, so I am going

to post again.

I have recently deployed WSUS 3.0 and everything seems to be working EXCEPT

service pack 2 for Windows 2003 on some machines. ALL other updates seem to

be working OK and even SP2 on some machines appears to be working. Here is

what I can share about the machines that are not succeeding.

When I view the status report for one of the problem machines it lists the

update "Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (32-bit x86)" with an approval of

install and a status of downloaded.

Machines are configured VIA GPO and are set to install updates every day at

3:00 AM (This is DEV).

When I check the Event Logs as well as %systemroot%\windowsupdate.log I do

not that jumps out as a major problem. One line that does catch my eye is

"Forced install timer expired for scheduled install" I am not really sure

what this mean, but it occurs 10 seconds after the scheduled start time. I

have pasted a snippet of the log file below.

I was also caught off guard by this line "Setting AU scheduled install time

to 2007-07-23 07:00:00" Why does it list 07:00:00 instead of 03:00:00. I am

in EST and the only thing I can think of is this log entry is written in GMT?

Has anyone been able to to resolve this? I need to get this process working

before approving the update in higher environments.

Log Snippet:

2007-07-22 05:07:43:367 1476 b1c Report Reporter successfully uploaded 2

events.

2007-07-23 01:46:03:648 1476 34c AU #############

2007-07-23 01:46:03:648 1476 34c AU ## START ## AU: Search for updates

2007-07-23 01:46:03:648 1476 34c AU #########

2007-07-23 01:46:03:648 1476 34c AU <<## SUBMITTED ## AU: Search for updates

[CallId = {B42794ED-5C1C-44BC-AE49-DDFB42EA19A1}]

2007-07-23 01:46:03:648 1476 bb8 Agent *************

2007-07-23 01:46:03:648 1476 bb8 Agent ** START ** Agent: Finding updates

[CallerId = AutomaticUpdates]

2007-07-23 01:46:03:648 1476 bb8 Agent *********

2007-07-23 01:46:03:648 1476 bb8 Agent * Online = Yes Ignore download

priority = No

2007-07-23 01:46:03:648 1476 bb8 Agent * Criteria = "IsHidden=0 and

IsInstalled=0 and DeploymentAction='Installation' and IsAssigned=1 or

IsHidden=0 and IsPresent=1 and DeploymentAction='Uninstallation' and

IsAssigned=1 or IsHidden=0 and IsInstalled=1 and

DeploymentAction='Installation' and IsAssigned=1 and RebootRequired=1 or

IsHidden=0 and IsInstalled=0 and DeploymentAction='Uninstallation' and

IsAssigned=1 and RebootRequired=1"

2007-07-23 01:46:03:648 1476 bb8 Agent * ServiceID =

{3DA21691-E39D-4DA6-8A4B-B43877BCB1B7}

2007-07-23 01:46:03:648 1476 bb8 Misc Validating signature for

C:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\SelfUpdate\Default\wuident.cab:

2007-07-23 01:46:03:648 1476 bb8 Misc Microsoft signed: Yes

2007-07-23 01:46:03:898 1476 bb8 Misc Validating signature for

C:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\SelfUpdate\Default\wuident.cab:

2007-07-23 01:46:03:898 1476 bb8 Misc Microsoft signed: Yes

2007-07-23 01:46:03:914 1476 bb8 Misc Validating signature for

C:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\SelfUpdate\Default\wsus3setup.cab:

2007-07-23 01:46:03:914 1476 bb8 Misc Microsoft signed: Yes

2007-07-23 01:46:03:914 1476 bb8 Setup *********** Setup: Checking whether

self-update is required ***********

2007-07-23 01:46:03:914 1476 bb8 Setup * Inf file:

C:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\SelfUpdate\Default\wsus3setup.inf

2007-07-23 01:46:03:914 1476 bb8 Setup Update NOT required for

C:\WINDOWS\system32\cdm.dll: target version = 7.0.6000.374, required version

= 7.0.6000.374

2007-07-23 01:46:03:914 1476 bb8 Setup Update NOT required for

C:\WINDOWS\system32\wuapi.dll: target version = 7.0.6000.374, required

version = 7.0.6000.374