910207 - 3 problems

[hamidi]

hi
i ran UpdateGenerator and it downloaded the updates. then i ran UpdateInstaller in client folder.
1. but it said that the updates is already installed and nothing to do remained. while Windows Updates says me that no update is installed.
2. when i go to install each update manually and separately, some updates are missing, like KB982524.
3. how to make UpdateInstaller to install the downloaded updates one after another automatically?
OS: Windows XP SP3
thx

[boco]

1. Updates installed through WSUSOU are not recorded in Windows Update.
2. Note that WSUSOU does only include security-critical updates. It is not a complete update collection.
3. The update installer already works like this. There are a number of preconditions (WMI, VBScript, Automatic Updates service). Would you please post the log from the [u]installer[/u]? You can find it in the Windows directory.

[hamidi]

1. after WSUS installs an update must not it be removed from the list of updates from Windows Update?!
2. how can i make WSUS download only the updates currently in the list of my Windows Update? not less and not more? exactly the same updates? or is there such a software instead of WSUS?
3. i found Windows/wsusofflineupdate.log and the only Error lines are:
Thu 04/26/2012 17:44:40.42 - Error: Environment variable OS_NAME not set
Thu 04/26/2012 17:44:53.76 - Error: Invalid parameter. Usage: InstallOSUpdate <filename> [/selectoptions [/nobackup]] [/errorsaswarnings] [switches]

[boco]

1. after WSUS installs an update must not it be removed from the list of updates from Windows Update?!

If it was installed successfully, then it should not be offered again (you must run a new check for updates through WU). The history won't list it, though.

2. how can i make WSUS download only the updates currently in the list of my Windows Update? not less and not more? exactly the same updates? or is there such a software instead of WSUS?

WSUSOU downloads the updates contained in the Microsoft catalog file WSUSSCN2.CAB. The real WSUS and the MSBA use the same catalog. Microsoft doesn't provide any other catalogs, and the WU list itself cannot be used either.
So you would have to use an Update collection. These contain more or even all updates, but are usually very large downloads and must be updated/refreshed every month.

3. i found Windows/wsusofflineupdate.log and the only Error lines are:
Thu 04/26/2012 17:44:40.42 - Error: Environment variable OS_NAME not set
Thu 04/26/2012 17:44:53.76 - Error: Invalid parameter. Usage: InstallOSUpdate <filename> [/selectoptions [/nobackup]] [/errorsaswarnings] [switches]

This is in fact an error that prevents WSUSOU from installing any update to this system. To post an excerpt from the FAQ (http://trac.wsusoffline.net/browser/tru ... aq-enu.txt):

For trouble-free execution, the script requires the correct installation and configuration of the following Windows services/components: "Automatic Update/Windows Update (WUA)", "Windows Script Host (WSH)" and "Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)". Please check first if you have restricted or even disabled these services with tools like TweakUI, nLite/vLite, XP-Antispy, XPy, Tuneup Utilities etc.
106 If that's not the case, the cause is most probably an erroneous scripting components' or WMI registration.
107 To (re-)register the scripting components on your computer, please follow the instructions at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949140.
108 To check your WMI installation, use Microsoft's WMI diagnostics tool (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/deta ... laylang=en). Further technical information is given on http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/libr ... 7057(WS.10).aspx; the WMI FAQs you'll find on http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/libr ... 92772.aspx.

[hamidi]

about the 3rd issue, i followed the link (FAQ), but i couldn't any resolution about it.
i also followed the other links in Microsoft. the updater is installed in an admin account and the system seems not to have any problem.
i would hope that the error title be enough to give me the solution and doesn't involve me in robust MS links. i'm not so expert in the components of Windows.

[boco]

Please manually execute \cmd\DetermineSystemProperties.vbs (from the created media) on the target system and then post the contents of the file %TEMP%\SetSystemEnvVars.cmd here, if any.

[hamidi]

thanx boco for ur reply. i had not access to the target system during this time and today i come to execute the command. before running the script, i checked the temp folder and found that there's no file with the name. i wanted to make sure that it doesn't belong to before executing the script. after running the script, it created it as:

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set OS_CAPTION=Microsoft Windows XP Professional
set OS_VER_MAJOR=5
set OS_VER_MINOR=1
set OS_VER_REVIS=2600
set OS_VER_BUILD=0
set OS_SP_VER_MAJOR=3
set OS_SP_VER_MINOR=0
set OS_LANG_CODE=0x409
set OS_LANG=enu
set OS_LANG_SHORT=en
set SystemDirectory=E:\WINDOWS\system32
set OS_ARCH=x86
set OS_DOMAIN_ROLE=0
set FS_TYPE=NTFS
set PWR_POL_IDX=0
set WUA_VER_MAJOR=7
set WUA_VER_MINOR=4
set WUA_VER_REVIS=7600
set WUA_VER_BUILD=226
set MSI_VER_MAJOR=4
set MSI_VER_MINOR=5
set MSI_VER_REVIS=6001
set MSI_VER_BUILD=22299
set WSH_VER_MAJOR=5
set WSH_VER_MINOR=8
set WSH_VER_REVIS=6001
set WSH_VER_BUILD=18702
set IE_VER_MAJOR=8
set IE_VER_MINOR=0
set IE_VER_REVIS=6001
set IE_VER_BUILD=18702
set MDAC_VER_MAJOR=2
set MDAC_VER_MINOR=81
set MDAC_VER_REVIS=1132
set MDAC_VER_BUILD=0
set DX_CORE_VER_MAJOR=4
set DX_CORE_VER_MINOR=09
set DX_CORE_VER_REVIS=00
set DX_CORE_VER_BUILD=0904
set DX_NAME=9.0c
set DOTNET35_VER_MAJOR=3
set DOTNET35_VER_MINOR=5
set DOTNET35_VER_REVIS=30729
set DOTNET35_VER_BUILD=01
set DOTNET4_VER_MAJOR=4
set DOTNET4_VER_MINOR=0
set DOTNET4_VER_REVIS=30319
set DOTNET4_VER_BUILD=0
set PSH_VER_MAJOR=2
set PSH_VER_MINOR=0
set PSH_VER_REVIS=0
set PSH_VER_BUILD=0
set MSSE_INSTALLED=0
set MSSEDEFS_VER_MAJOR=0
set MSSEDEFS_VER_MINOR=0
set MSSEDEFS_VER_REVIS=0
set MSSEDEFS_VER_BUILD=0
set WD_INSTALLED=0
set WDDEFS_VER_MAJOR=0
set WDDEFS_VER_MINOR=0
set WDDEFS_VER_REVIS=0
set WDDEFS_VER_BUILD=0
set RCERTS_VER_MAJOR=36
set RCERTS_VER_MINOR=0
set RCERTS_VER_REVIS=2195
set RCERTS_VER_BUILD=0
set TSC_VER_MAJOR=6
set TSC_VER_MINOR=1
set TSC_VER_REVIS=7600
set TSC_VER_BUILD=16385
set WMP_VER_MAJOR=11
set WMP_VER_MINOR=0
set WMP_VER_REVIS=5721
set WMP_VER_BUILD=5268
set O2K7_VER_APP=Word
set O2K7_VER_MAJOR=12
set O2K7_VER_MINOR=0
set O2K7_VER_REVIS=6612
set O2K7_VER_BUILD=1000
set O2K7_SP_VER=3
set O2K7_ARCH=x86
set O2K7_LANG_CODE=0x409
set O2K7_LANG=enu
set OFC_FILE_VALID=1
set AU_SVC_STATE_INITIAL=Running
set AU_SVC_START_MODE=Auto
set OS_ACTIVATION_REQUIRED=0

[boco]

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set OS_VER_MAJOR=5
set OS_VER_MINOR=1

That's correct. So, there either was a problem executing that file (which sets the proper environment variables) or the SetTargetEnvVars.cmd file, which builds upon the variables code-quoted above and sets OS_NAME (to wxp in your case). I fear I don't have further information, other than that the system maybe ran out of environment space or did not allow to set these variables. Do you get any errors if you run the file in a command-line window?

[hamidi]

i ran cmd\SetTargetEnvVars.cmd and i got this error:
ERROR: Environment variable OS_VER_MAJOR not set.

[aker]

Please open the cmd (Windows + R, type "cmd" and press ENTER) and change into your client-Directory. (cd "<...\client\cmd>")
then call "DetermineSystemsProperties" by typing "DetermineSystemsProperties.vbs". Then run "call %temp%\SetSystemEnvVars.cmd" and then "SetTargetEnvVars.cmd"