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      Obsolesce @siringo
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      @siringo It's a start, but there's more to do besides just removing unused updates.

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        siringo @black3dynamite
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        @black3dynamite said in WSUS Help:

        @siringo That was definitely difficult to followed from my iPhone.

        hahaha. I bet.

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          pmoncho @JaredBusch
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          @jaredbusch said in WSUS Help:

          @pmoncho said in WSUS Help:

          @siringo said in WSUS Help:

          Finally setup wsus on a 2016 server. All went well except I told it I wanted updates for Windows 7, which I've decided I don't want.

          I told it I want updates for Windows 10 and it's downloading updates for all flavours of Windows 10, we only run Pro. So far it's filled up the 200GBs I set aside for it only 3 days ago.

          I can uninstall wsus and start again, that's not a problem, is that the quickest and easiest way to get some of my 200GBs back and start over?

          And, how can I tell it I only want updates for W10 Pro?

          And, if anyone has a link to a 'I don't want to think too much' guide for setting up wsus, I'd be keen to take a look.

          Thanks for any help.

          You may want to check out 🌶 for Clean-WSUS. Excellent script to help clean up WSUS.

          Except it is no longer available.

          Well Shit! I see that now. UGH!

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            MattSpeller
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            WSUS is a pain in the ass

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              pmoncho @MattSpeller
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              @mattspeller said in WSUS Help:

              WSUS is a pain in the ass

              I agree. Without derailing the off-topic to far, I'm wondering what do others use as an alternative? PDQ Deploy?

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                jmoore @pmoncho
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                @pmoncho We have pdq and it might work but I don't use it for that. I really just use powershell to pull and install updates. Seems like it misses some but not a lot.

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                  Obsolesce @pmoncho
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                  @pmoncho said in WSUS Help:

                  @mattspeller said in WSUS Help:

                  WSUS is a pain in the ass

                  I agree. Without derailing the off-topic to far, I'm wondering what do others use as an alternative? PDQ Deploy?

                  The only real alternative is to use WSUS to stop updates completely, using it only to see which updates to deploy manually via SaltStack.

                  But really, WSUS is working fine, it's no more of a pain than doing it any other way.

                  If you don't update, you risk security issues, if you do update, you risk breaking shit... but I think MS is working on it. We'll see.

                  Edit: WSUS isn't too bad if you set it to only download updates you approve, and clean up updates that are no longer needed. Speed wise, there's a script to speed up the database.

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                    momurda @Obsolesce
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                    @obsolesce From what i can tell MS hasnt updated WSUS in any way since 2013.

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                      Obsolesce @momurda
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                      @momurda said in WSUS Help:

                      @obsolesce From what i can tell MS hasnt updated WSUS in any way since 2013.

                      There's no need to... what could they possibly do to make it any better?

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                        momurda
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                        Well, the mmc crashes constantly. The updates dont install when you tell them too, computers dont follow the dont restart time windows. iisreset is required once a week to to even get mmc to populate data. Issues like that for a decade theyve done nothing about.

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                          Obsolesce @momurda
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                          @momurda said in WSUS Help:

                          Well, the mmc crashes constantly. The updates dont install when you tell them too, computers dont follow the dont restart time windows. iisreset is required once a week to to even get mmc to populate data. Issues like that for a decade theyve done nothing about.

                          I don't have any of those issues, and I've been using WSUS a lot for a long time.

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                            IRJ
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                            WSUS is a pile of shit. It will be nice when Microsoft introduces its monthly maintenance plan.

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                              scottalanmiller @IRJ
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                              @irj said in WSUS Help:

                              WSUS is a pile of shit. It will be nice when Microsoft introduces its monthly maintenance plan.

                              Agreed, it's a disaster.

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                                IRJ @Obsolesce
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                                @obsolesce said in WSUS Help:

                                @momurda said in WSUS Help:

                                @obsolesce From what i can tell MS hasnt updated WSUS in any way since 2013.

                                There's no need to... what could they possibly do to make it any better?

                                I really hope you are joking....

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                                  dbeato
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                                  I amazes me that some of us manage Windows Systems and we still complain about them when it is our job to work with them....Not everything in Microsoft System is perfect nor does everything in Linux./

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                                    scottalanmiller @Obsolesce
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                                    @obsolesce said in WSUS Help:

                                    @momurda said in WSUS Help:

                                    @obsolesce From what i can tell MS hasnt updated WSUS in any way since 2013.

                                    There's no need to... what could they possibly do to make it any better?

                                    Make it efficient, reliable, easy to use, or just make it unnecessary like Linux does.

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                                      scottalanmiller @dbeato
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                                      @dbeato said in WSUS Help:

                                      I amazes me that some of us manage Windows Systems and we still complain about them when it is our job to work with them....Not everything in Microsoft System is perfect nor does everything in Linux./

                                      Actually it being our job to work with them (or to decide if we use them) is exactly what makes you expect complaints. Who else would complain about something other than the users?

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                                        IRJ @dbeato
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                                        @dbeato said in WSUS Help:

                                        I amazes me that some of us manage Windows Systems and we still complain about them when it is our job to work with them....Not everything in Microsoft System is perfect nor does everything in Linux./

                                        You're right. Dont complain about anything or ask for improvements. Bend over and take it from Microsoft.

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                                          dbeato @scottalanmiller
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                                          @scottalanmiller said in WSUS Help:

                                          @dbeato said in WSUS Help:

                                          I amazes me that some of us manage Windows Systems and we still complain about them when it is our job to work with them....Not everything in Microsoft System is perfect nor does everything in Linux./

                                          Actually it being our job to work with them (or to decide if we use them) is exactly what makes you expect complaints. Who else would complain about something other than the users?

                                          Yeah, but why use it that's my question after a while then?

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                                            dbeato @IRJ
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                                            @irj said in WSUS Help:

                                            @dbeato said in WSUS Help:

                                            I amazes me that some of us manage Windows Systems and we still complain about them when it is our job to work with them....Not everything in Microsoft System is perfect nor does everything in Linux./

                                            You're right. Dont complain about anything or ask for improvements. Bend over and take it from Microsoft.

                                            If nothing changes, why continue to use it correct?

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