Hi Expert

Client of mine has got very simple network with windows 2008 server as standalone server (not active directory) and I enabled updates as shown through the control panel as shown below :

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When the updates are ready to be installed as below :

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And when I hit the button to install the important update I get this failed message below

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code-80070490-windows-update-encountered-an-unknown-error-t94.html



1- Since I have chosen to install the updates automatically through the control panel why the updates did not get installed automatically ??

2- Why when I hit the button to install the updates it failed ?

3- What would be the best practice for updates installation ?


Thanks

Download KB967723 and install it manually:

For Windows Server 2008 32bit:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=35c1d5a9-a953-4fc6-90c0-d2358c7b89e6

For Windows Server 2008 64bit:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=6e46822e-f79d-492d-ad01-ee680ad324f5

Thanks cocker for your help

Yes I had found this as well.

http://clintboessen.blogspot.com/2010/0 ... lling.html

Did it work? Were you able to get around this problem?

Yes it worked fine