Install wsus without internet access

Leave this field empty. Home About. PowerShell version 5. Related Reading. Forwarding Emails to an External Address in Microsoft Display 0xb4. Skip to main content. Find threads, tags, and users Is there a possible reason for that behaviour? Thank you! Regards Bernd Leutenecker. Current Visibility: Visible to all users. Regards, Rita. Hi Rita, no, there is no error-message. Regards, Bernd. Hi BerndLeutenecker, Whether the clients are connected to the Internet or not.

Comment Show 0. Which GPO-settings did you change? Hi, could you please post an export of the registry key below? HTH, Andrei. Attached you'll find the requested registry-key. Hi BerndLeutenecker, I noticed that many of the updates detected by the client required a computer restart after installation.

Here is a screenshot of the active hour on the client for your reference: In addition, I recommend to approve updates outside of the activation hour on the client.

Once again now: What do you mean by 'I recommend to approve updates outside of the activation hour on the client'? But I will check the 'active hours'-settings when I am back at work. Hi BerndLeutenecker, Thanks for your response. Please post the installation logfile for review. When I get to the screen to select update from microsoft updates or a proxy server I have no info to enter and cant select windows updates cause of no internet. On a disconnected server you should not be using that setup wizard.

Everything you need is going to come from the metadata import done from the connected server. The previously cited Deployment Guide article identifies which settings must be set on the disconnected server prior to import.

Ok I have reviewed these links times unless im missing something it doesnt give direction on how to install wsus with no internet. I believe the install needs to be a full install so it can mange all computers on this network. As always I do appreciate the help.

WSUS would be a lot better, but if you can't make it work You can run it from a network share and it auto reboots the PC as needed until done. You still need to start it on each PC, but after that it's pretty much automated. It's true that the documentation does not hold your hand through the process step-by-step.

But it's pretty explicit on what you DO have to do as part of the setup. You must:. Ok I got it installed and do I make this the replica server or how do I stop it from trying to connect to windows update. Also when I click import updates it tries to connect to Windows Update. What do you mean it tries to connect to Windows Update? Ask a question. Quick access. Search related threads. Remove From My Forums. Answered by:. Archived Forums.