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    Windows Update not working...

    On a clean install of Windows Server 2003 Standard 32 bit, Windows Update in addition to any other Microsoft website or webservice doesn't load for me. It can't be a virus or something similar since it doesn't work right after I install Windows, and my host said other VPS on the same node aren't having this problem. My license is valid but I can't activate it since, surprise, it can't connect to any Microsoft service. This happens randomly to other websites, too. Some load well and some don't. Any help would be appreciated.

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    Is this only happening with Microsoft related websites?
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    Yes and no. It happens all the time with Microsoft related sites, but it happens with some other random sites. The difference is, at those other random sites once I refresh enough it works.

    I forgot to mention that this happens in both IE and Chrome, so I don't think it's a browser problem either.

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    Windows Update never works for me. Try http://it.shavlik.com instead.

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    What virtualisation platform are you using? Quite often Parallels will try to block you from using windows update as it claims to take care of it on its own.

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    @Cloud Above It's KVM.

    @JoshZZ Did that website fix your problem?

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    Quote Originally Posted by That Guy View Post
    @Cloud Above It's KVM.

    @JoshZZ Did that website fix your problem?
    It doesn't fix Windows Update -- its an alternative solution to it (plus it patches way more than WU does).

    EDIT: I use their "Protect" software to manage patching the domain at work. There is a free trial on their site, but it is only good for about 1 month. The website solution I posted is free unless you want to report on more than 25 boxes.
    Last edited by JoshZZ; 04-17-2010 at 06:54 PM.

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    Thanks, I'll probably use that if I can't get WU to work. I'd really like to fix this problem or at least know what's causing it.

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    Anything in %windir%\windowsupdate.log ?
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    Yeah, here's the contents of my log:

    http://p.linode.com/3736

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    Check all firewalls and see if there happens to be a blanket block on all microsoft sites.

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    I just turned off the firewall for a short period to see if it made a difference, and it didn't.

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    I would not advise to turn off the Windows firewall - it should be pre-configured for the updates.
    What I would advise is to perform off-line virus scan if you have such option and/or change the installation media.
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    I turned off the firewall for less than a minute just to see if I could connect to microsoft.com and I turned it back on right after.

    Like I said, I don't think it's a virus because this is a new install of Windows unless my version of Windows ships with a virus.

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    Reload the os, we have faced similar issue with newly built vps and ensure that you update the os asap or you find yourself in the same situation again.
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    I've tried that 2 times but it still hasn't worked.

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    Still haven't been able to fix this problem...any ideas?

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    I installed Windows XP on the same VPS and I didn't have this problem, so my guess is there's something wrong with the initial configuration of Windows Server 2003.

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