Add-WindowsCapability: resolve error 0x800f0954

In this tutorial, I will explain how to solve error 0x800f0954 with the PowerShell Add-WindowsCapability Cmdlet when trying to install a Windows feature. This error mainly occurs when you use a WSUS server to update your Windows computers and therefore when using the Cmdlet Add-WindowsCapability, it will look for files on the WSUS server. Here …

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WSUS : recreate the SUSDB database

In this tutorial, I will walk you through how to reset the WSUS service by recreating the SUSDB database on WID (Windows Internal Database) and the updates storage folder (WsusContent / UpdateServicesPackages). This type of operation can normally be done “without too much risk”, resetting WSUS will see us lose the history of updates on …

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Windows Server 2016/2019 : disable automatic updates

Automatic updates disabled

In this “how to” tutorial, I will show you how to disable automatic updates on Windows Server 2016 and 2019. If we look in the Windows Update options in Windows settings, there is no option to disable or at least control the operation of updates. However, there is a simple way on Windows Server to …

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Configuring the Update for Windows Server Clusters

Clustered Update is a feature that allows you to update servers in a failover cluster with little or no loss of availability during the update process. During an update run, the feature transparently performs the following tasks: The automatic update process triggers a scheduled failover. This may result in a temporary downtime for connected clients. …

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MDT: Install updates with WSUS

Installing updates during deployment

In this tutorial, I’ll explain how to enable Windows updates to a WSUS server when deploying an image with MDT. Enable updates Open the properties of an installation sequence, go to the Task Sequence 1 tab and activate one of the two update patches 2 by unchecking the Disable this step 3> box. > and …

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WSUS: Fix the problem of downloading Windows 10 updates

Console IIS on WSUS

The upgrades of Windows 10 are distributed using an .ESD file. By default, the WSUS server (IIS) does not process requests on ESD files and this fact in the Windows Update Manager updates remains at 0% download. To solve this problem, it has the MIME type declared in IIS. 1. Go to the IIS console …

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WSUS – Installation and configuration – Windows Server Update Service

Synchronisation en cours...

Introduction Windows Server Update Service (WSUS) is a built-in role in Windows Server, which enables the implementation of a Microsoft Updates distribution system internally. The benefits of WSUS: Prerequisites The server does not have to be in a domain. Before you start installing and configuring WSUS, I recommend that you list the Microsoft products you …

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