jmcbride2247

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  • I've found that Patch Manager is only able to perform an OS upgrade properly if the feature update is via enablement package. If it's a full OS replacement, I've seen the exact same symptoms you're describing. I've gotten around this by using an elevated powershell and psexec (part of the sysinternals suite) to run the…
  • This can be accomplished through the computer explorer. In the SWPM, double-click any computer that has the software installed then go to the "Installed Software" tab. Any software listed there that has a Product ID can be removed via SWPM. Select the software to be removed (you can select multiple) then click the…
  • Oddly enough, I was having the same issue and just found a solution for it. We use a SQL AG for our Orion database and it seems the cache database on the SQL AG wasn’t purging old data. I deleted all rows from the SolarWindowsOrion à PM à PM_WsusNodes dbo then clicked "Load newest data" on the top right of the Patch…
  • I use powershell on the server to remove unwanted updates automatically (scheduled task running on the WSUS server). Unfortunately, the code snippet function here doesn't include powershell so this is going to look a bit clunky: #decline all non-English updates Get-WsusUpdate -Approval UnApproved | Where{$_.Update.Title…