Check Windows Updates question

[Albrecht Dreß]

Hi Jon:

Thanks for your reply!

Am 02.05.09 02:38 schrieb(en) Jon Angliss:
> Try stopping wuauctl on the server in question, and renaming the log  
> file.

It appears that that service isn't running on my box (Windows XP  
Professional SP2 German version), although the log file exists.

> net stop wuauctl

Command results in (my vague translation from German to English)

<snip>
System error 1060 occurred.
The specified service is not an installed service.
</snip>

> C:\windows\softwaredistribution\ReportingEvents.log <rename/move>

I was not able to rename that file before I disabled the "Automatic  
Updates" service in Windows.  Is is launched (according to the service  
control panel) via the command "C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe -k  
netsvcs".

> net start wuauctl

Same as above, although the error now reads

<snip>
The name for the service is invalid.
You get more help by typing NET HELPMSG 2185.
</snip>

> Trigger another check, and see what comes back.

Using the script from  
<http://www.nagiosexchange.org/cgi-bin/page.cgi?g=2547.html;d=1>  
returns via check_nrpe

<snip>
Number of updates waiting or installing: 10<br />Microsoft Base  
Smartcard-Kryptografiedienstanbieter-Paket: x86 (KB909520)+ Update f�r  
Stammzertifikate+ Update f�r die Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service  
Pack 1- und .NET Framework 3.5-Produktfamilie (KB951847) x86+ Atheros -  
Network - Atheros L1 Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000Base-T Controller+  
Gruppenrichtlinieneinstellungs-Clienterweiterungen f�r Windows XP  
(KB943729)+ Windows Search 4.0 f�r Windows XP (KB940157)+ Matrox  
Graphics Inc. - Display - Matrox Millennium P650 PCIe 128+ Windows  
Internet Explorer 7 f�r Windows XP+ Windows Media Player 11+ Microsoft  
.NET Framework Version 1.1 - Sprachpaket (Deutsch)+
</snip>

> If you still see odd issues, take a look at the log file, and search  
> for the line that looks like this:

The /complete/ file ReportingEvents.log (which has been created by  
running check_nrpe) reads

<snip>
{CB736E16-0659-46C9-B16C-ABD070C74BD1}	2009-05-02 12:25:05:187+0200	 
1	147	101	{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}	0	 
0	AutomaticUpdates	Success	Software Synchronization	 
Windows Update Client successfully detected 0 updates.
{EAFBF2B9-9314-4B90-A4F2-9564BCC5A391}	2009-05-02 12:25:07:328+0200	 
1	147	101	{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}	0	 
0		Success	Software Synchronization	Windows Update  
Client successfully detected 10 updates.
</snip>

Still, running the Windows Updates through IE doesn't show any pending  
updates (I removed IE 8 from the updates to be checked, btw.).

Any ideas?

Thanks, Albrecht.
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