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windows update error 0x80240438 no applicable updates found when checking against the wsus server

Fixes this failure: check the WSUS computer group targeting and product/classification approvals for that client: 0x80240438 means WSUS answered the scan but offered nothing applicable. Use when the exact error or symptom in the title appears. Not for a different error, tool, or a manual process with no such failure.

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wsus synchronization failed 0x8024400d soap fault reading update catalog metadata from microsoft update

Fixes this failure: clear the WSUS synchronization fault by checking upstream connectivity and proxy credentials, deleting the failed synchronization in the WSUS console. Use when the exact error or symptom in the title appears. Not for a different error, tool, or a manual process with no such failure.

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windows update standalone installer error 0x80096002 the certificate for the signer of the message was not found...

Fixes this failure: check the .msu file itself and the machine's trust: re-download the MSU from the Microsoft Update Catalog, verify its signature with signtool. Use when the exact error or symptom in the title appears. Not for a different error, tool, or a manual process with no such failure.

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windows update error 0x800b0109 a certificate chain terminated in a root certificate that is not trusted by the trust...

Fixes this failure: import the missing root CA certificate into the Trusted Root store (or fix the WSUS / proxy SSL inspection certificate the client is being handed). Use when the exact error or symptom in the title appears. Not for a different error, tool, or a manual process with no such failure.

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wsus client scan error 0x80244016 the server returned http status 503 service unavailable

Fixes this failure: fix the WSUS server side, not the client: restart the WSUSPool application pool in IIS, raise its private memory limit, and check the SUSDB for timeouts. Use when the exact error or symptom in the title appears. Not for a different error, tool, or a manual process with no such failure.

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wsus susdb database timeouts during client scans: index fragmentation on the updates table slowing approvals

Fixes this failure: rebuild or defragment the SUSDB indexes with the standard WSUS reindex script and schedule it, and consider moving SUSDB off a throttled disk. Use when the exact error or symptom in the title appears. Not for a different error, tool, or a manual process with no such failure.

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agent filled the log server disk collecting WindowsUpdate.log files from the entire fleet during failure triage

Fixes this failure: scope log collection: pull WindowsUpdate.log only from failing hosts, compress and rotate collection, and cap the triage job's total volume. Use when the exact error or symptom in the title appears. Not for a different error, tool, or a manual process with no such failure.

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agent reported patch compliance from cached sccm client data that predated the last successful update scan

Fixes this failure: force a fresh software update scan on the client and judge compliance only from scan results newer than the deployment deadline: check the WUAHandler log timestamp. Use when the exact error or symptom in the title appears. Not for a different error, tool, or a manual process with no such failure.

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