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Reinstalling WSUS

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Install-WindowsFeature -Name UpdateServices-Services,UpdateServices-DB -IncludeManagementTools You can get away with not uninstalling WSUS entirely. Stop the related services, delete the DB and run the post-install. .\wsusutil.exe postinstall SQL_INSTANCE_NAME=”DC1\SQL2008″ It’s also recommended to delete the MMC console data as that can sometimes prevent the postinstall from creating the database. This can be found here: Try removing the … Read more

Recreating the SUSDB and WSUS Content folder for a Windows Server 2012 based computer

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1. Open PowerShell as admin. 2. Stop the WSUS service and IIS Service with the following command: stop-service WSUSService, W3SVC Verify that both are stopped by running get-service WSUSService, W3SVC It should look something like this: 3. Open SQL Server Management Studio and connect to the instance for SUSDB. How you connect via SQL Server Management … Read more