SUS Client Problems

[Chris Riling]

Hi,

On some machines on my network (particularly newly
deployed machines that were imaged) the client users are
prompted to reboot their machines because of new updates
that have been pulled down via SUS. I have it set to
install at noon, and not give the user an option to
choose "no". The problem is that on some machines, the
users are prompted to reboot to complete patch installs
everyday, obviously there aren't new patches on the SUS
server everyday. If I re-apply the AU settings it
resolves the problem 95% of the time, other times I have
to re-apply the settings, clear the WUTemp folder, and
install any updates manually from the windows update site
on the client machines. I would like to know why this is
happening, it's kinda strange that it's only on some
machines. Thanks!

 

[Chris]

We have similar problems on our network, but I've narrowed
it down to two problem patches:

Q317244 MSXML 4.0 patch
KB867801 IE6 SP1 patch

Particularly with the XML patch, I've had to re-apply it
manually to successfully install it. The event log says
that Automatic Updates fails to install it, but
unfortunately I don't have the exact message.

I think the only reason I haven't had as many problems
with the IE patch is because it's newer. This one doesn't
fail, but just isn't recognised by the Windows Update site
as being installed until I manually install it (I use this
to check machines are up to date before deployment).

Do others have the same problem? Is this a problem with
the patches or SUS?