Windows 10: Windows 10 Home not connecting to intranet WSUS

Anyone know if the Windows Update client for Windows 10 Home is limited in any way compared to Windows 10 Pro and Windows 7?

The usual 3 registry keys:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate]
"WUServer"="http://<intranetserver>"
"WUStatusServer"="http://<intranetserver>"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU]
"UseWUServer"=dword:00000001

Work fine for Windows 10 Pro, but Home seem to completely ignore them, and insist on only contacting the Microsoft servers.

Anyone know of a fix/workaround to make the Home edition connect to an intranet WSUS server?

/Robert

:)

 

Intranet for the Home

Arul_D, thanks for the reply. Before joining & posting my original question, I did indeed try a search for programs.

But I did not have much success. Perhaps I"ll look again. Anyway, thank you!

 

Intranet for the Home

Hello,

Thank you for writing your query in Microsoft Community.

I would recommend you to use your favorite search engine to search for third party applications which could help you to message between networks.

Disclaimer: Using Third Party Software, including hardware drivers can cause serious problems that may prevent your computer from booting properly. Microsoft cannot
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Hope this helps.

 

I'm finding the same problem and would like to know if there is a solution.

 

has anyone been able to find a solution for this?

 

I believe i've got a not-so elegant workaround , using WUInstall to get the Win10 Home machines to at least pull their needed patches from the WSUS datastore.. even if they don't actually register themselves into the WSUS Database. (or should i say , WUInstall reports that is where its getting the patches from.. in reality it could still be going to MS for them.) (would probably need to setup a packet capture to know for sure.)

 

I think some extra checking is needed for this.
I ran WUInstall with the /search parameter and the displayed text showed that it should have been looking for my WSUS server (as set in my registry settings) - but it also showed available patches that were not on my WSUS server.
i.e. it showed a "Definition Update for Windows Defender - KB2267602 (Definition 1.205.797.0)" while (Definition 1.205.789.0) has not even been approved yet and (Definition 1.205.797.0) does not even appear after doing a synchronise on the server.
This implies that WUInstall is still going to the Windows Update site rather than WSUS.

However when I used the /use_wsus switch to manually specify my WSUS server it did not show the extra updates.

Unfortunately the default "always download patches" feature of Home stays in place which will continue to go to the Windows update site rather than the WSUS server.

For myself an annual fee of USD$290 just to do a few Home editions of Win10 is just too much.
So while this particular tool doesn't suit me it does indicate that it is somehow possible

 

Yah, admittedly i'm not running the latest & greatest WUInstall either..


Code: C:\>C:\WuInstall_11\WUInstall.exe /search WuInstall Version 1.1. Copyright by hs2n Informationstechnologie GmbH 2009 This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY Visit: XEOX, hs2n for new versions FULL VERSION. You are in Domain: ATHOME LICENSE INFORMATION: For WuInstall 1.1. this license authorizes for non-commercial use and for commercial use with up to 5 servers and 50 workstations. If you want to use WuInstall on more devices than that, please contact us under WuInstall@hs2n.at. You are using WSUS Server http://xyzzy:8530 Searching for updates ... Criteria: IsInstalled=0 and Type='Software' Result Code: Succeeded No Updates are available, nothing to do! C:\>pause Press any key to continue . . .[/quote] alas all my machines ran their 'scheduled' patches today, so there is nothing outstanding @ moment.


Log from earlier "scheduled" job...

Code: Fri 28/08/2015 WuInstall Version 1.1. Copyright by hs2n Informationstechnologie GmbH 2009 This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY Visit: XEOX, hs2n for new versions FULL VERSION. You are in Domain: WORKGROUP LICENSE INFORMATION: For WuInstall 1.1. this license authorizes for non-commercial use and for commercial use with up to 5 servers and 50 workstations. If you want to use WuInstall on more devices than that, please contact us under WuInstall@hs2n.at. You are using WSUS Server http://xyzzy:8530 Searching for updates ... Criteria: IsInstalled=0 and Type='Software' Result Code: Succeeded 3 Updates found 1. Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB3081449) Severity: Unknown UpdateClassification - Critical Updates Product - Windows 10 Product - Windows 10 LTSB 2. Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB3081452) Severity: Unknown UpdateClassification - Critical Updates Product - Windows 10 Product - Windows 10 LTSB 3. Definition Update for Windows Defender - KB2267602 (Definition 1.205.797.0) Severity: Unknown UpdateClassification - Definition Updates Product - Windows Defender Downloading updates ... Downloading finished, listing downloaded updates and counting... Result Code: Succeeded Install was specified. Beginning Install Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB3081449), Eula Accepted: true Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB3081452), Eula Accepted: true Definition Update for Windows Defender - KB2267602 (Definition 1.205.797.0), Eula Accepted: true 3 Updates are ready to be installed! Beginning install ... Enumerating result for every single update 1. Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB3081449): Result Code: Succeeded 2. Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB3081452): Result Code: Succeeded 3. Definition Update for Windows Defender - KB2267602 (Definition 1.205.797.0): Result Code: Succeeded Overall Result Code: Succeeded Install or Download finished, reboot required: YES INFO: A reboot and re-run is being attempted on endpoint, please wait. INFO: Delaying for 2 minutes... INFO: A re-run will now be attempted. Fri 28/08/2015 INFO: A reboot and re-run is being attempted on endpoint, please wait. INFO: Delaying for 2 minutes... INFO: A re-run will now be attempted. Fri 28/08/2015 WuInstall Version 1.1. Copyright by hs2n Informationstechnologie GmbH 2009 This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY Visit: XEOX, hs2n for new versions FULL VERSION. You are in Domain: WORKGROUP LICENSE INFORMATION: For WuInstall 1.1. this license authorizes for non-commercial use and for commercial use with up to 5 servers and 50 workstations. If you want to use WuInstall on more devices than that, please contact us under WuInstall@hs2n.at. You are using WSUS Server http://xyzzy:8530 Searching for updates ... Criteria: IsInstalled=0 and Type='Software' Result Code: Succeeded 1 Updates found 1. Cumulative Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB3081448) Severity: Unknown UpdateClassification - Critical Updates Product - Windows 10 Product - Windows 10 LTSB Downloading updates ... Downloading finished, listing downloaded updates and counting... Result Code: Succeeded Install was specified. Beginning Install Cumulative Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB3081448), Eula Accepted: true 1 Updates are ready to be installed! Beginning install ... Enumerating result for every single update 1. Cumulative Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB3081448): Result Code: Succeeded Overall Result Code: Succeeded Install or Download finished, reboot required: YES INFO: A reboot and re-run is being attempted on endpoint, please wait. INFO: Delaying for 2 minutes... INFO: A re-run will now be attempted. Fri 28/08/2015 WuInstall Version 1.1. Copyright by hs2n Informationstechnologie GmbH 2009 This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY Visit: XEOX, hs2n for new versions FULL VERSION. You are in Domain: WORKGROUP LICENSE INFORMATION: For WuInstall 1.1. this license authorizes for non-commercial use and for commercial use with up to 5 servers and 50 workstations. If you want to use WuInstall on more devices than that, please contact us under WuInstall@hs2n.at. You are using WSUS Server http://xyzzy:8530 Searching for updates ... Criteria: IsInstalled=0 and Type='Software' INFO: A reboot and re-run is being attempted on endpoint, please wait. INFO: Delaying for 2 minutes... INFO: A re-run will now be attempted. Fri 28/08/2015 WuInstall Version 1.1. Copyright by hs2n Informationstechnologie GmbH 2009 This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY Visit: XEOX, hs2n for new versions FULL VERSION. You are in Domain: WORKGROUP LICENSE INFORMATION: For WuInstall 1.1. this license authorizes for non-commercial use and for commercial use with up to 5 servers and 50 workstations. If you want to use WuInstall on more devices than that, please contact us under WuInstall@hs2n.at. You are using WSUS Server http://xyzzy:8530 Searching for updates ... Criteria: IsInstalled=0 and Type='Software' Result Code: Succeeded No Updates are available, nothing to do! SUCCESS: No outstanding updates required. INFO: Reached end of process.[/quote]