SUS Client on Windows XP

[Kevin]

Hi, I have tried to install the SUS client on 2
computers, both running XP, one with SP1 and I get the
error : "Auto Update requires windows 2000 SP2 or Windows
XP". Since I am installing on XP this makes no sense.

Any help would be appreciated

 

[Torgeir Bakken (MVP)]

Hi, I have tried to install the SUS client on 2
computers, both running XP, one with SP1 and I get the
error : "Auto Update requires windows 2000 SP2 or Windows
XP". Since I am installing on XP this makes no sense.

Any help would be appreciated

Hi

You are mis-interpreting the error message (and you aren't the first one, it's
badly worded). Wuau22.msi can *only* be installed on Win2k SP2 and Win XP Gold
(SP0). All newer versions has the SUS client already installed, you only need
to configure the client to start using your SUS server (for details, see
chapter "Configuring the Automatic Updates client software" in the "Software
Update Services Deployment White Paper" downloadable from
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/windowsupdate/sus/default.asp

Fyi, there is a separate newsgroup for SUS:

microsoft.public.softwareupdatesvcs

news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.softwareupdatesvcs

URL to the group softwareupdatesvcs for those who uses the not so good Web
interface to access the newsgroups:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsser...t.mspx?dg=microsoft.public.softwareupdatesvcs

A Web site about SUS with a FAQ and a SUS forum:
http://www.susserver.com/

More Web sites:
http://www.cites.uiuc.edu/sus/faq.html
http://www.faqshop.com/sus/default.htm
http://www.faqshop.com/sus/susclient.htm