VolumeZ wrote:Methods of installing prerequisite updates offline will fail with "Never check for updates" not chosen - even automated ones. Having an update search running in the background defeats the purpose.
True. But since WSUS Offline disables WU temporarily (IIRC via GPO) and restarts WU service so it can pick up the change, the question why one method supposedly works and the other one doesn't is still unanswered.
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Dalai