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On the front page of the WSUS console under resources there’s a link to “ Microsoft Update Catalog”. If you click through that you’ll be asked to install an ActivX control at which point you can search Microsoft Update for KB976002 and …

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Beware of Update for the 2007 Microsoft Office System (KB977724)
Fri, 12/03/10 – 1:46

I run a TS with Server 2008 x86 for simple apps like MYOB and MS Office 2007. After recent patches I installed and rebooted the server to then discover that Outlook 2007 would not open for users

Is it possible?
Thu, 11/03/10 – 18:21

Question: 1. Is it possible to make a copy (backup) of already downloaded & installed Windows Update files in my computer?

Re: Restart to finish installing updates repeating
Thu, 11/03/10 – 16:48

How to troubleshoot Windows Update, Microsoft Update, and Windows Server Update Services installation issues: [link] 1. See the “Need more help? Tell us what problem you are having” section of [link] 2

Re: Why Office 2007 updates for office 2003?
Thu, 11/03/10 – 13:47

Great hagel! And in the process non of the questions have been awnsered in any reasanable way.

Re: Updates released on Tuesday 3/9/10 slowed 10 pcs down to a crawl
Thu, 11/03/10 – 13:36

The only way you could tell which update is causing this issue is by installing them one at a time or, install them all at once and remove one at a time. If you find that one of the *Security* updates has caused an issue, Microsoft will provide * no-charge support *

Re: Office 2007 Update – continuous restart in Windows 7
Thu, 11/03/10 – 12:42

Let’s try this again… Turn off Automatic Updates.

Microsoft pushes patches while fighting a new Internet Explorer …
Thu, 11/03/10 – 12:20

For the first time in almost two years, Microsoft didn’t include a patch rated critical in their monthly security updates. The two that were released Tuesday, both rated important, were overshadowed by an Internet Explorer vulnerability … Like the previous bulletin , Excel’s vulnerability needs a malicious Excel file, and requires the user open it

Annoying Disapperaing DHCP Scope Options
Thu, 11/03/10 – 10:40

We are running a Windows 2003 Domain, and the forest root is running DHCP. Periodically, particularly after a windows update or a restart, the DHCP Server loses the Scope Options

Re: Windows XP & MAPI
Thu, 11/03/10 – 10:21

…and your Windows Update problem is????

Windows Update extremely slow downloading
Thu, 11/03/10 – 8:11

Dear all, I use VMPlayer with two Windows Server 2008 R2 VMs. Using Windows Update within the VMs is extremely slow when downloading the updates. For example, one small [less than 1 MB] update can take 2-3 hours to download! Downloading the updates manually within the VMs is fine (takes a few seconds).

Failed Update .NET Framework 3.5 service pack 3.5
Thu, 11/03/10 – 7:38

This failed repeatedly by Automatic Updates. I contacted tech support – not helpful

Unable to open .docx files after conducting March 2010 Microsoft Update
Thu, 11/03/10 – 4:26

Hello — I’m running Windows 2000, MS Office 2003 Professional, and Office Compatibility Pack.