This entry was posted in issue , Update , Windows and tagged issue , Patchday 8. Bookmark the permalink. Yanta says:. Our systems are on LTSC. What do you recommend? Within my German blog post, I received two comments, how to fix that issue. Another reader proposed the following workaround: 1. Download the cumulative update 2. Maybe it helps to overcome such issues. Will give it a try.
Select Semi-Annual Channel Targeted as deployment ring. On the Upgrades window, you must select the property and search criteria for Windows 10 21H2 upgrade. After you define the Windows 10 21H2 upgrades criteria, click the preview button. The Preview updates window shows there is only Update which matches exactly with the title that we specified. When you deploy a servicing plan for Windows 10 21H2, you define a schedule.
You basically define when you want the servicing plan to be available and set the installation deadline. You can go with the default deployment settings.
I am going to select software available time to As soon as possible and installation deadline to specific time — 4 days. Specify the user experience settings for the Windows 10 21H2 servicing plan and click Next. On the Deployment Package selection window, you can either choose an existing deployment package or create a new deployment package.
In the previous section, I had already created a deployment package for Windows 10 21H2 feature update, so I will use the same package. On the Language Section window, you specify the additional Update languages for your products. I am going with default ones, click Next. The Summary window shows the entire list of settings that you have configured for the servicing plan.
Close the Create Servicing Plan window. Click Install and on when asked Confirm you want to upgrade the operating system on this computer, select Install.
Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. You can find many ways all over the internet on how to install such kind of file. There are also programs that can install you the cab files automatically but I have trust issues on 3rd party softwares when it comes to altering OS files. Assuming you have already downloaded the cab files, place it where you can find it comfortably.
I always place the cab file under C: drive only. I also rename the file to a shorter one. Windows Latest. Windows Get help. Password recovery. Contents 1 How to Cleanup the SoftwareDistribution folder?
Open an elevated Command Prompt Use the net stop command to terminate services Run the command net stop wuauserv to stop the Windows Update Service and net stop bits for the Background Intelligent Transfer Service. It is evidence that some content has been abandoned. Evidence that a current fault exists would be confirmed by content that is between days old.
If the July Patch Tuesday content is still there, or if the August Patch Tuesday content was installed before the 13th and is still there, that would suggest that the WUAgent is not maintaining the current content.
Delete the content older than 10 days and monitor the folder. Other than being absolutely unnecessary? Hard to say. If you NEVER need to refer to that Update History, then the downsides are nil; however, if you destroy information you might need at a later time to troubleshoot some other issue, you can't use what you don't have.
I typically remove mine days after update installation, as by that point, either the update is working in which case the installation log and uninstallation folder has no real value , or it's already failed.
Not Declined update, it is retained in the DataStore. If an installed update gets uninstalled, and that update is not in the DataStore, how would the WUAgent know that the update was, once again, needed?
It's really a moot point, though, as you cannot control this. The WUAgent caches update metadata for all relevant updates. That is one of the primary purposes of the DataStore, along with the installation history for those updates.
If you destroy the DataStore, the cache for hundreds, if not thousands of updates must be rebuilt; the installation history cannot be rebuilt. Thank you Rich. This is exactly the information I was looking for as I have an XP system, in service since November The SoftwareDistribution directory is 1. While I do have plenty of free space, I generally dislike bloat when it can be trimmed. Tuesday, November 8, PM. Any guidence on where to go next once the server fills up again?
Monday, November 14, PM. The WinSXS can be safely deleted. The large caveat to this is that you are deleting the backup files for Windows Updates and Service Packs. If you delete them, you will be unable to roll back updates. Tuesday, November 15, AM. If you have other tricks like that, I would like to know.
You definitivly are earing our call lol. Friday, November 18, PM. This happens because windows update lets you select updates that are part of other updates.
These smaller updates later fail to install because they no longer apply. Sunday, November 20, PM. Edited by t0lkien Monday, January 16, AM. Monday, January 16, AM. My install is exactly 2 days old A couple of questions here: Did you install a base image of Windows 7 Service Pack 1 released Spring , or did you install a base image of Windows 7 RTM released Fall Monday, January 16, PM.
Adam J. Friday, February 3, PM. But this conversation is not about network utilization, it's about DISK utilization. Saturday, February 11, AM. And gasoline is not cheap for the owner of a Maserati, either, but I have little sympathy for their economic woes, as well.
Sunday, February 12, AM. Regards Simon. Wednesday, February 15, PM. Thursday, February 16, AM. Garvin Mr. Bahahahahahahahahahahahahaha L. Monday, February 20, AM. I was originally just going to ignore the guy you mentioned. But when I read your message I thought Bravo! I thought the same exact thing about the poster. Arrogant and condencending. However, I know he will proabably reply back saying the question is off topic. Which I agree completely with, he has changed the subject matter with his Arrogant answers.
Monday, February 20, PM. Wednesday, March 21, AM. Davis 6. Monday, March 26, PM. Hello I came here looking for an answer to "why my softwaredistribution folder has 1. Good luck. Monday, April 16, AM. Good luck Oh how true same problem here Thursday, April 19, AM. ElderJedi, You rock. I'm not sure I ever read a better right-hook in a forum. The guy is down, the ref has finished counting. The links Thursday, May 3, AM.
Dear Lawrence, I have no idea which world you live in but in the real world, this folder gets absurdly bloated on even clean machines. Regards Bob. Friday, May 4, AM.
Edited by phantomflash Tuesday, May 8, PM. Tuesday, May 8, PM. Edited by pcdropper Friday, May 11, AM. Friday, May 11, AM. Sunday, May 27, PM. Thanks to you, it really helped. Wednesday, June 6, PM. Lawrence - Thanks. I'll give this a shot. Wednesday, June 13, PM. Thursday, July 5, AM. Thursday, July 5, PM. Saturday, July 7, PM. My main reason for wanting to nuke it is the malware scan is taking forever Strictly speaking, your malware shouldn't be scanning the folder anyway.
Everything in that folder is validated by digital certificate and SHA-1 hashing. Although, in the wake of Flame, one wonders. In fact, you can delete anything dated prior to June 28th. The point made way early in this thread is that the WUAgent does clean up after itself on a well-functioning system. But there's a combination of actions that can break that functionality I'm searching my email archives for the email I received that describes the exact scenario. Sunday, July 8, PM. Also, you should exclude the WinSXS folder from your malware scan.
Or am I wrong? Wednesday, September 26, AM. If it's more than a few thousand, that's a problem. How many approved updates are on the WSUS server?
If it's more than a few hundred, that's a problem. How many groups are configured on the WSUS server? A large number of groups can exacerbate the problem with the previous two values. Thursday, September 27, PM. Lawrence - Your observations seem to make a lot of sense, though I don't pretend to fully understand especially the part about WSUS. Wednesday, October 3, PM. Paging activity caused by a memory starved system.
Thursday, October 4, AM. Thursday, October 4, PM. Friday, November 23, PM. Saturday, November 24, PM. Kindly Konrad Im just a regmanipulating nerd.
Tuesday, November 27, AM. Your attitude about how windows is right and the user is wrong is condescending. If windows does not respect user's hard drives, windows is broken. It holds people's computers hostage. My advice? Switch to Mac.
Everyone else is. Tuesday, January 22, PM. Thursday, January 24, PM. Saturday, February 2, PM. I installed 3 servers with an image of server R2 SP1.
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