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Scott | Published: February 23, 2021 Many organizations have one or more networks of computers that don’t have access to the internet, but this creates a challenge for keeping the operating systems up to date. Fortunately, BatchPatch has functionality that enables administrators to easily deploy updates to their offline computers. When it comes to offline Windows Update, there are a few considerations to take into account. Questions to consider for offline updatesDo your computers have access to the internet? If yes, then you’re probably not actually in need of a solution to handle offline Windows updates.If your computers do not have access to the internet, do they have access have access to a WSUS (Windows Server Update Services)? If they have access to a WSUS, then you probably don’t need to worry about doing an offline update procedure because the WSUS is either going to be getting its updates from an upstream WSUS server or directly from Microsoft, and the target computers will be able to retrieve their updates from the WSUS. We don’t really consider this an offline update scenario.If your computers definitely do not have access to the internet or a WSUS, then you’re going to be looking at an offline update scenario. However, depending on your particular environment, this can still accomplished in a couple of different ways.For example, does your setup allow you to have a BatchPatch computer that has access to the internet and also has access to the target computers, even if the target computers themselves don’t have direct access to the internet?If the target computers don’t have internet or WSUS access, and if the BatchPatch computer cannot simultaneously have internet access while also having access to the target computers, then you still need to consider the rules for your particular environment. For example, is your environment so tightly controlled that you aren’t even allowed to remove a single file from the offline network? In some very strict environments, files that exist in the offline network may never be taken to a different network. If this describes your setup, then you’re going to need

Microsoft Windows Update is intelligent service integrated with every Windows Operating System. Windows Update based on your Windows 7 activation status lets you to download updates, patches and automatically updates your Windows 7.If for some reason your Windows Update stops working or you are working on computer not connected to internet, then you may miss some important critical updates & patches. To help to update Windows 7 offline here is WSUS Offline Update utility.WSUS Offline Update lets you to easily download patches and updates for your Windows and Office without going through the whole procedure on Microsoft’s Windows Update website.You can also download Windows 7 updates on USB drive and carry with you to install on computers not connected to internet.Features of WSUS Offline Update1. Supports Windows 7, Vista, XP (32-64bit)2. Supports Office XP, Office 2003 & 20073. Create ISO option4. Clean download directories5. Copy Updates to USBWSUS Offline UpdateDownload WSUS Offline Update.Check out : Fix Windows 7 Update Stopped Working

#1 rranger Members 7 posts OFFLINE Local time:01:33 AM Posted 28 February 2024 - 04:15 PM Updates show up in WSUS, I can approve them and all of my 2022 & 2019 servers are reporting to WSUS (via: tnc wsusservername -port 8530) but the updates never push to them after I approve them.I ran server cleanup wizard, did the WUAUCLT commands, and everything else, but they still don't show up.Have an idea what's wrong? Back to top"> Back to top BC AdBot (Login to Remove) BleepingComputer.com Register to remove ads #2 cryptodan cryptodan Bleepin Madman Members 37,484 posts OFFLINE Gender:Male Location:USA Local time:06:33 AM Posted 28 February 2024 - 04:18 PM Is that port open in the firewall? Back to top"> Back to top #3 rranger rranger Topic Starter Members 7 posts OFFLINE Local time:01:33 AM Posted 28 February 2024 - 04:19 PM Yes it is and the servers are in the WSUS console. Edited by rranger, 28 February 2024 - 04:21 PM. Back to top"> Back to top #4 cryptodan cryptodan Bleepin Madman Members 37,484 posts OFFLINE Gender:Male Location:USA Local time:06:33 AM Posted 28 February 2024 - 04:32 PM Can the machines reach the sus? Back to top"> Back to top #5 rranger rranger Topic Starter Members 7 posts OFFLINE Local time:01:33 AM Posted 28 February 2024 - 04:36 PM Can the machines reach the sus?Yes they can - they're communicating with the WSUS server. All other machines that aren't server 2022 or 2019 are reporting into the same WSUS server and do receive updates. Back to top"> Back to top #6 cryptodan cryptodan Bleepin Madman Members 37,484 posts OFFLINE Gender:Male Location:USA Local time:06:33 AM Posted 28 February 2024 - 04:46 PM Compare the GPO of the workstations to the servers and see what's different. Also group memberships Back to top"> Back to top #7 rranger rranger Topic Starter Members 7 posts OFFLINE Local time:01:33 AM Posted 28 February 2024 - 05:51 PM I don't manage the workstations at my company, just the servers. There are no differences in the registry settings either between the 2022 & 2019 servers and out 2016 servers. This is a tough one. We do use an azure an automation account with log analytics workspaces, but we are NOT azure domain joined. I just use the deployment schedules for starting the install and reboots for the updates - WSUS is used to approve the updates. I was maybe thinking that the deployment schedules in Azure were possibly removing the updates somehow and just rebooting the servers (because the servers do reboot) but I don't think that's possible. I never bothered to look at if the approved updates showed up on my servers to begin with either (for this month, Feb 2024) because this has never been a problem until now.. Thanks.The only other thing I can think of is that for our Jan patching, I was told to remove group policy as updating from azure would handle everything but that wasn't true - updating

From azure works without group policy ONLY if you're azure domain joined and none of our servers are so I set group policy back to what it was.Inheritance is also blocked on our WIN2022 OU but that's not big deal as we simply link the WSUS policy separately to it - our 2019 servers aren't in that OU either so that helps in determining that nothing got messed up with the inheritance being blocked (we have inheritance blocked due to event viewer being disabled if it's not). Back to top"> Back to top #8 cryptodan cryptodan Bleepin Madman Members 37,484 posts OFFLINE Gender:Male Location:USA Local time:06:33 AM Posted 28 February 2024 - 06:07 PM Any major changes to Azure or other parts of the infrastructure? Back to top"> Back to top #9 rranger rranger Topic Starter Members 7 posts OFFLINE Local time:01:33 AM Posted 28 February 2024 - 06:14 PM Not at all. What's even crazier is that when I look at the report in WSUS for one of the feb. cumulative updates, it says the status is "installed" for all the 2022 servers. Something is very strange here. Back to top"> Back to top #10 cryptodan cryptodan Bleepin Madman Members 37,484 posts OFFLINE Gender:Male Location:USA Local time:06:33 AM Posted 28 February 2024 - 06:31 PM Does it show the IP or host of the server in the logs that said installed? Back to top"> Back to top #11 rranger rranger Topic Starter Members 7 posts OFFLINE Local time:01:33 AM Posted 28 February 2024 - 06:54 PM Both, it's literally just the status report you run by right clicking on a machine. Back to top"> Back to top #12 cryptodan cryptodan Bleepin Madman Members 37,484 posts OFFLINE Gender:Male Location:USA Local time:06:33 AM Posted 28 February 2024 - 07:01 PM And everything matches? Back to top"> Back to top #13 rranger rranger Topic Starter Members 7 posts OFFLINE Local time:01:33 AM Posted 28 February 2024 - 07:03 PM Back to top"> Back to top #14 ananittarhib ananittarhib Members 24 posts OFFLINE Local time:12:33 PM Posted 09 June 2024 - 02:13 AM Updates show up in WSUS, I can approve them and all of my 2022 & 2019 servers are reporting to WSUS (via: tnc wsusservername -port 8530) but the updates never push to them after I approve them.I ran server cleanup wizard, did the WUAUCLT commands, and everything else, but they still don't show up.Have an idea what's wrong?Sounds frustrating! You've done a lot of troubleshooting already. Here's a quick checklist to pinpoint the update push issue:Automatic Approvals: Double-check if "Automatic Approvals" are disabled in WSUS. Approved updates need manual deployment unless set for auto-deployment.Deployment Rules: Did you create any deployment rules for these updates? Ensure they target the correct server groups with the approved updates.Client-Side Policies: Verify that Group Policy settings on the client servers (2019 & 2022) allow automatic updates or downloading updates from WSUS.Client Connectivity: Confirm the clients can reach the WSUS server. A firewall rule might be