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did you try these ?<br />
<a href="http://www.eventid.net/display.asp?eventid=13042&eventno=8857&source=Windows%20Server%20Update%20Services&phase=1" rel="ugc">http://www.eventid.net/display.asp?eventid=13042&eventno=8857&source=Windows%20Server%20Update%20Services&phase=1</a>
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did you try these ?
http://www.eventid.net/display.asp?eventid=13042&eventno=8857&source=Windows%20Server%20Update%20Services&phase=1 [http://www.eventid.net/display.asp?eventid=13042&eventno=8857&source=Windows%20Server%20Update%20Services&phase=1]

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yes and still recieve the error
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what does the c:\windows\windowsupdate.l<wbr />og say ?
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what does the c:\windows\windowsupdate.log say ?

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attached is the file<br />
<a href="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2009/02_w08/107821/WindowsUpdate.log" target="_blank" class="file-inline" title="windowsupdate.log  (482 KB)"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 512 512"><path d="M67.508 468.467c-58.005-58.013-58.016-151.92 0-209.943l225.011-225.04c44.643-44.645 117.279-44.645 161.92 0 44.743 44.749 44.753 117.186 0 161.944l-189.465 189.49c-31.41 31.413-82.518 31.412-113.926.001-31.479-31.482-31.49-82.453 0-113.944L311.51 110.491c4.687-4.687 12.286-4.687 16.972 0l16.967 16.971c4.685 4.686 4.685 12.283 0 16.969L184.983 304.917c-12.724 12.724-12.73 33.328 0 46.058 12.696 12.697 33.356 12.699 46.054-.001l189.465-189.489c25.987-25.989 25.994-68.06.001-94.056-25.931-25.934-68.119-25.932-94.049 0l-225.01 225.039c-39.249 39.252-39.258 102.795-.001 142.057 39.285 39.29 102.885 39.287 142.162-.028A739446.174 739446.174 0 0 1 439.497 238.49c4.686-4.687 12.282-4.684 16.969.004l16.967 16.971c4.685 4.686 4.689 12.279.004 16.965a755654.128 755654.128 0 0 0-195.881 195.996c-58.034 58.092-152.004 58.093-210.048.041z"/></svg>WindowsUpdate.log</a>
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attached is the file
WindowsUpdate.log [https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2009/02_w08/107821/WindowsUpdate.log]

WindowsUpdate.log

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see if this helps<br />
<a href="http://www.tech-archive.net/Archive/Windows/microsoft.public.windowsupdate/2005-02/1188.html" rel="ugc">http://www.tech-archive.net/Archive/Windows/microsoft.public.windowsupdate/2005-02/1188.html</a>
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see if this helps
http://www.tech-archive.net/Archive/Windows/microsoft.public.windowsupdate/2005-02/1188.html [http://www.tech-archive.net/Archive/Windows/microsoft.public.windowsupdate/2005-02/1188.html]

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Good Day<br />
<br />
We have a wsus server 3.1 on windows 2003 forest , the server is windows 2003 standard /w sp2 and its database is SQL 2005 STANDARD /w sp2 , whenever we sart the update service we get a series of errors starting with Windows Server Update Services 13042 &nbsp;error Self-update is not working , i have searched the forum and made sure that the virtual Selfupdate directory is has enabled anonymous access to the iusr and on the folder the iusr has read and execute script<br />
<br />
Please advice as soon as possible <br />
<a href="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2009/02_w08/107500/error-1.jpg" target="_blank" class="file-inline" title="13042 error (74 KB)"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 512 512"><path d="M67.508 468.467c-58.005-58.013-58.016-151.92 0-209.943l225.011-225.04c44.643-44.645 117.279-44.645 161.92 0 44.743 44.749 44.753 117.186 0 161.944l-189.465 189.49c-31.41 31.413-82.518 31.412-113.926.001-31.479-31.482-31.49-82.453 0-113.944L311.51 110.491c4.687-4.687 12.286-4.687 16.972 0l16.967 16.971c4.685 4.686 4.685 12.283 0 16.969L184.983 304.917c-12.724 12.724-12.73 33.328 0 46.058 12.696 12.697 33.356 12.699 46.054-.001l189.465-189.489c25.987-25.989 25.994-68.06.001-94.056-25.931-25.934-68.119-25.932-94.049 0l-225.01 225.039c-39.249 39.252-39.258 102.795-.001 142.057 39.285 39.29 102.885 39.287 142.162-.028A739446.174 739446.174 0 0 1 439.497 238.49c4.686-4.687 12.282-4.684 16.969.004l16.967 16.971c4.685 4.686 4.689 12.279.004 16.965a755654.128 755654.128 0 0 0-195.881 195.996c-58.034 58.092-152.004 58.093-210.048.041z"/></svg>error-1.jpg</a><br />
<a href="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2009/02_w08/107502/slf-updt-sec.jpg" target="_blank" class="file-inline" title="self update virtual sec  (306 KB)"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 512 512"><path d="M67.508 468.467c-58.005-58.013-58.016-151.92 0-209.943l225.011-225.04c44.643-44.645 117.279-44.645 161.92 0 44.743 44.749 44.753 117.186 0 161.944l-189.465 189.49c-31.41 31.413-82.518 31.412-113.926.001-31.479-31.482-31.49-82.453 0-113.944L311.51 110.491c4.687-4.687 12.286-4.687 16.972 0l16.967 16.971c4.685 4.686 4.685 12.283 0 16.969L184.983 304.917c-12.724 12.724-12.73 33.328 0 46.058 12.696 12.697 33.356 12.699 46.054-.001l189.465-189.489c25.987-25.989 25.994-68.06.001-94.056-25.931-25.934-68.119-25.932-94.049 0l-225.01 225.039c-39.249 39.252-39.258 102.795-.001 142.057 39.285 39.29 102.885 39.287 142.162-.028A739446.174 739446.174 0 0 1 439.497 238.49c4.686-4.687 12.282-4.684 16.969.004l16.967 16.971c4.685 4.686 4.689 12.279.004 16.965a755654.128 755654.128 0 0 0-195.881 195.996c-58.034 58.092-152.004 58.093-210.048.041z"/></svg>slf-updt-sec.jpg</a><br />
<a href="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2009/02_w08/107503/fldr-sec.jpg" target="_blank" class="file-inline" title="self update folder security (308 KB)"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 512 512"><path d="M67.508 468.467c-58.005-58.013-58.016-151.92 0-209.943l225.011-225.04c44.643-44.645 117.279-44.645 161.92 0 44.743 44.749 44.753 117.186 0 161.944l-189.465 189.49c-31.41 31.413-82.518 31.412-113.926.001-31.479-31.482-31.49-82.453 0-113.944L311.51 110.491c4.687-4.687 12.286-4.687 16.972 0l16.967 16.971c4.685 4.686 4.685 12.283 0 16.969L184.983 304.917c-12.724 12.724-12.73 33.328 0 46.058 12.696 12.697 33.356 12.699 46.054-.001l189.465-189.489c25.987-25.989 25.994-68.06.001-94.056-25.931-25.934-68.119-25.932-94.049 0l-225.01 225.039c-39.249 39.252-39.258 102.795-.001 142.057 39.285 39.29 102.885 39.287 142.162-.028A739446.174 739446.174 0 0 1 439.497 238.49c4.686-4.687 12.282-4.684 16.969.004l16.967 16.971c4.685 4.686 4.689 12.279.004 16.965a755654.128 755654.128 0 0 0-195.881 195.996c-58.034 58.092-152.004 58.093-210.048.041z"/></svg>fldr-sec.jpg</a>
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slf-updt-sec.jpg

error-1.jpg

fldr-sec.jpg

Good Day

We have a wsus server 3.1 on windows 2003 forest , the server is windows 2003 standard /w sp2 and its database is SQL 2005 STANDARD /w sp2 , whenever we sart the update service we get a series of errors starting with Windows Server Update Services 13042  error Self-update is not working , i have searched the forum and made sure that the virtual Selfupdate directory is has enabled anonymous access to the iusr and on the folder the iusr has read and execute script

Please advice as soon as possible 

WSUS 3.1  Error 13042 Self-update is not working

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