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re: Take a Deep Breath - OGA Was Not Silently Installed

Harry Johnston — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 21:46:31 GMT

My revisions history shows the same thing yours does, but I believe this to be misleading. The arrival date (as opposed to the release date) for the OGA update on my server is the 20th, which shows that something changed for this update during the synchronization on the 20th.

My synchronization log shows the following:

3 expired updates on the 16th, all of which I have accounted for (KB947821 for Windows Vista 32-bit, KB947821 for Windows Vista x64, and Windows Defender definition update 1.31.8469.0).

One expired update on the 19th, also accounted for (Windows Defender definition update 1.31.8557.0)

Two expired updates on the 20th; no revised updates; one new update. There are two expired updates with arrival dates on the 20th; KB947590 and the OGA update. The new update is the replacement for KB947590.

Looking at several of the recently expired Windows Defender updates I note that the revision history always shows the date the update was expired as being the same date the update was originally released, so I suspect this is a bug in WSUS or in the publishing process.

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Matt Freestone — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:22:59 GMT

Jeff, fantastic clarity here in explaining the situation. I agree, this entire thing was blown way out of proportion, at seems to happen with any MS mistake.

Harry, is your WSUS server set to check for updates every day? Perhaps it hadn't attempted a re-sync from MS for a few days?

re: Take a Deep Breath - OGA Was Not Silently Installed

Jeff — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:42:00 GMT

Harry - Thanks for your comment. The lag you experienced may be true for your server (and apparently others?). However, mine was pretty much in line with what Microsoft posted on the WSUS team blog. See my 2nd screen shot (under Point #3) as evidence. Do you have a screen shot of your revisions? --Jeff

re: Take a Deep Breath - OGA Was Not Silently Installed

Harry Johnston — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:18:40 GMT

One correction - according to my server logs (and other reports I've seen) there were about four days between when the update was released and when it was marked as expired. (I received the update 5am Wednesday 16th NZST, and it was marked expired 5am Sunday 20th.)

I suspect that the 24 hour period mentioned by the WSUS team was the period between when the update was published and when it was properly restricted to the target countries. Servers that did synchronize during this period would have kept the update available until it was expired a few days later.

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Jeff — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:21:10 GMT

Dear "A regular Visitor":

Thanks for being a loyal reader. Rest assured we're still here! Not sure about Josh/Aubrey/Matt... but my day job has been more like a day/evening job lately. Keep us in your RSS feed and hopefully you'll be able to speak of us being 'one of your favorite' in the present tense vs. the past tense ;)

Thanks again --Jeff

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A regular Visitor — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:26:14 GMT

Hay, I have not seen many updates to your blog for some time. It was one of my favorite site to keep me up to date regarding windows related news.

re: RSAT Available - Also Hyper-V Management

Jeff — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:31:00 GMT

If by 'work with' you mean does it administer Win2003 servers... the answer is no. You'd still need to use the goodies inside Adminpak.msi to manage your 2000/2003 boxes. Think of RSAT like having a local copy of Server Manager (all the roles/features, etc.). That model doesn't map back to 2000/2003 in most cases - thus the need for two separate tool packs. Kind of a pain, but such is life. Cheers! --Jeff

re: RSAT Available - Also Hyper-V Management

Tyler — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:32:19 GMT

Does RSAT work with windows 2003 servers?

re: WS08 Launch Day Thoughts

FredAtMicrosoft — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:49:20 GMT

Cheers on the info!

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re: Finally... Cisco VPN Client for Vista Beta 2

Parkstreet1234 — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 20:05:48 GMT

Josh, don't waste your time. The Cisco VPN client they have for vista is SO buggy, and they do not plan to support their own products anymore. I have gone through HELL trying to get a Pix to work with Vista.

To everyone who owns a pix. Just put it in the trash can if you run a current Microsoft OS like Vista, which has been out for a year. The only solution is to give more money to Cisco, and buy an ASA. I was told they are giving up on the bugs for the Pix firewalls, and they blamed microsoft. You may need to go to small claims court to get your money back for your PIX firewalls, and also for your time wasted on their broken promises. This time I bought an ASA, but I am not really happy about why I had to buy it. If you use TAC, which is a waste, they will just tell you to buy an ASA and get ANYCONNECT. That is what they told me when i called TAC, althought ANYCONNECT is not even for the product I purchased, (the regular Pix). Also, the newest OS, Pix 7 is not supported on the Pix. Again, they could easily support Pix 7 OS on the pix, but are really dragging their feet hoping you will get frustrated enought and go buy a new firewall. I don't have alot of time right now, because my firewall is basically down because of TAC, so I had to buy an ASA. Next time I will not buy Cisco.

re: WSUS 3.0 RTM Available (Updated*)

Glenn Mehnert — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 20:32:02 GMT

I was under the impression that Windows Small Business Server was designed for any small business owner to set-up and run. That's the way the marketing made it look. I bought SBS 2003 in 2004 and had someone do the initial setup. Since then I lost a router and the new router uses a different internal IP address. That has taken me nearly a week to figure out. Now the Server is connected to the internet. I understand why big companies need huge IT teams and groups of techies like all of you, but why can't I get an easy to use file and contact database server that I can access from within my office or from a remote connection? This is an appliance at the level I want to use it and it should be built that way. One of you microsoft experts should form your own company and just sell pre-configured machines that an entrepreneur can connect to their home ISP and be able to give a team of five to ten people access to. God knows thats what I bought SBS for, but it sure isn't working that way. Frustrated with unnecessary complexity.

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