microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin

"eddie" wrote:

> We have started using WSUS to get updates for all the windows servers and
> clients on our network.
> We have a WSUS server V2 happily getting updates from a parent server, the
> client WSUS settings(both server and XP) are are configured in an OU policy.
> We have a problem with the XP clients not reporting their status in the WSUS
> web browser - our servers do show which updates are required.
>
> All the settings in the user and computer templates appear ok.
> We have the firewall service running but have switched the firewall off on
> our test machine - still no status report.
> The update service and BITS service are running
>
> Does anyone know of any policy settings that might be preventing the XP
> clients reflecting their status.
>
> Tks
>
> Ed

Hi Ed,
Is the time and date set correctly on the client machine(s)?.
What happen if you Stopped the BITS then restart it again?.

Here windows updates newsgroup if you need further help:
http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.windowsupdate&cat=en_US_56d1dd45-de9e-4fc5-9bc1-2d1d0de6daee&lang=en&cr=US
Note: does the client machines configured to get the latest Updates for the
page on the IE Browser settings under General >> Settings ?, it may still
caching an old Page and showing the status.
HTH.
nass
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