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Where do you set up those preferences?
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I'm just curious. &nbsp;If you blanket accept everything, then why use WSUS at all? &nbsp;Why not just use Windows Update?
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I'm just curious.  If you blanket accept everything, then why use WSUS at all?  Why not just use Windows Update?

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This link might be useful:<br />
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<a href="http://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/windows-patch-management.html#windows-patch-management" rel="ugc">http://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/windows-patch-management.html#windows-patch-management</a>
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This link might be useful:

http://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/windows-patch-management.html#windows-patch-management [http://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/windows-patch-management.html#windows-patch-management]

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I have installed my first WSUS server on Server 2012 (WSUS 6.2 I believe).<br />
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Everything seems to be OK. &nbsp;I have a test GPO and machines will check in. &nbsp;The part that is overwhelming me is the sheer amount of updates that have been imported for management. &nbsp;<br />
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I selected just the products that I want patched (Windows (client and server), SQL, etc), but there are still over 6400 updates.<br />
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Should I just approve all 6400+ of them? &nbsp;The hard drive on this server is not very big, so that's a bit of a concern for me.<br />
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Short of going through the updates one by one, it seems like there should be a better way than blanket approving 6400+ updates...<br />
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What do you folks say?
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I have installed my first WSUS server on Server 2012 (WSUS 6.2 I believe).

Everything seems to be OK.  I have a test GPO and machines will check in.  The part that is overwhelming me is the sheer amount of updates that have been imported for management.  

I selected just the products that I want patched (Windows (client and server), SQL, etc), but there are still over 6400 updates.

Should I just approve all 6400+ of them?  The hard drive on this server is not very big, so that's a bit of a concern for me.

Short of going through the updates one by one, it seems like there should be a better way than blanket approving 6400+ updates...

What do you folks say?

Tips for configuring updates that WSUS manages...

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