Windows 10: Get the update status of the Registered computer from WSUS. Only Security Patches are...

Hello,Myself Anusha, I have a query on listing the computer status that is registered to WSUS.We have a WSUS where we approve only Security Patches, and these patches flow down to the registered computers from WSUS.How can we get the computer status like whether it is up to date or not or even if it is in pending state for installation using WSUS API.The scope of the Patches that flow down to the registered computer is:1. Patch should be under security updates.2. That patch should be approved in WSUS.Hope I can get some solution on this.Thank you,Anusha.

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Apple patches over two dozen security holes in recent patch.

Mac OS X 10 has recently been the subject of tons of security testing. To patch most of the findings of those tests, Apple has released a security update. The update patches irPort, Apple Type Services, Finder, Installer, Security Framework, VPN, and several web services. A full list of notes regarding this patch can be found here, and you can get the patch here.

Source: The Register

 

WSUS Manual Entry

Odd question for MS Experts.

I have a WSUS environment, and 99% of my servers report to it. This makes it very useful as a list of servers and workstations. But there are 1% of our servers that are in the DMZ or off network. I want to use the list of my WSUS computers to know what
computers need to be patched, so they don't get forgotten.

These 1% never have to actually talk to WSUS, just appear in the list of computers so a human knows they exist.

How can I manually add a computer to the WSUS Server?

Can I manually manipulate the DB (Full SQL), and if so, how?

 

WSUS reporting "Not Applicable" Status for Spectre Meltdown updates set to "Install" on Windows 10 computers

- One WSUS server - Windows 2016, fully patched

- 2900 client computers running Windows 10 Enterprise 64bit, with a mix of 1607 and 1703

- Microsoft built-in Defender is the only AV on our computers

- All Intel procs

We built a new WSUS server in early January of this year and set the GPOs accordingly. At first, the only updates we approved were the January KB405689X. Clients reported, downloaded, and successfully patched. We did the same thing for the Feb. KB407459X
updates, plus the Flash updates from Jan. and Feb. Again, no problem, until this week.

While going through inventory this week and putting some remaining computers on the network to get the updates, we noticed that something is causing the Spectre Meltdown patches to stop being available to the local computers. In WSUS, these updates show
"Install" yet the status is "Not Applicable." Interestingly, the clients have no problem recognizing and pulling the Flash updates from WSUS. Again, this just started happening this week.

After reading many articles on what may cause this, here's what else I can add...

- We have not modified our added any new GPOs to our network in months.

- There is no sign of the "reg key" that needed to be provided by AV companies when this whole thing broke out.

- Even when adding the reg key, still no go.

I know similar issues have been posted, and some have had success with modifying Developer Build GPOs, the reg key, etc. These aforementioned solutions do not affect or help us.