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WSUS Shows no client PC's

I was previously running SUS on our PDC. I have now installed WSUS, can login and update it etc., however none of our client machines are connecting to it.

I am wondering do I need to tell the clients to connect to the pdc on port 8530 through group policy, or is there a step I have missed altogether?

In group policy I have told the clients the Windows Update server is at http://pdcname

Any thoughts/tips would be brilliant,

Thanks very much,

Paul.

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Hmm I have reviewed the event-log on the clients and they all seem to say:

Unable to connect: Windows is unable to connect to the Automatic Updates service and therefore cannot download and install updates according to the set schedule. Windows will continue to try to establish a connection.

I have removed SUS and WSUS, then reinstalled WSUS so it was the default site.. Still no clients connect and all report this message.

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and my Group Policy Settings:

Configure Automatic Updates Enabled
Configure automatic updating: 4 - Auto download and schedule the install
Scheduled install day: 0 - Every day
Scheduled install time: 04:00
No auto-restart for scheduled Automatic Updates installations Disabled
Specify intranet Microsoft update service location Enabled
Set the intranet update service for detecting updates: http://boss
Set the intranet statistics server: http://boss

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I have changed it to the IP and i'll see how that goes.

I just found something in my default domain policy which may have been causing trouble:

USER/ADMIN TEMPLATES/WINDOWS COMPONENTS/WINDOWS UPDATE
This setting allows you to remove access to Windows Update.

If you enable this setting, all Windows Update features are removed. This includes blocking access to the Windows Update Web site at http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com, from the Windows Update hyperlink on the Start menu, and also on the Tools menu in Internet Explorer. Windows automatic updating is also disabled; you will neither be notified about nor will you receive critical updates from Windows Update. This setting also prevents Device Manager from automatically installing driver updates from the Windows Update Web site.

This setting was enabled... I would think though that if no user was logged in, it shouldn't affect it?

I have disabled it anyway to see what happens.

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Aha! Well one of those settings fixed it. Thanks!