Just Installed WSUS have 2000 updates - best way to approve?

I just got this installed and have so many updates to approve. I let WSUS do
a sync and afterwards I then enabled the default autoupdate approval rule but
it not auto approve anything.

What is the best way to approach this?


Thanks

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In your newsreader:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...pdate_services

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TaurArian [MVP] 2005-2009
Update Services
http://taurarian.mvps.org


"D303M" wrote:

> I just got this installed and have so many updates to approve. I let WSUS do
> a sync and afterwards I then enabled the default autoupdate approval rule but
> it not auto approve anything.
>
> What is the best way to approach this?
>
>
> Thanks
>
>

What I am trying to say, perhaps try the WSUS Newsgroup -

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news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...pdate_services
or via the web
http://www.microsoft.com/communities...pdate_services


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> TaurArian [MVP] 2005-2009
> Update Services
> http://taurarian.mvps.org
>
>
> "D303M" wrote:
>
> > I just got this installed and have so many updates to approve. I let WSUS do
> > a sync and afterwards I then enabled the default autoupdate approval rule but
> > it not auto approve anything.
> >
> > What is the best way to approach this?
> >
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >

Right pew, wrong church. Forwarded to WSUS newsgroup
(microsoft.public.windows.server.update_services) via crosspost as a
convenience to OP.

On the web:
http://www.microsoft.com/communities...pdate_services

In your newsreader:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...pdate_services
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~PA Bear

D303M wrote:
> I just got this installed and have so many updates to approve. I let WSUS
> do
> a sync and afterwards I then enabled the default autoupdate approval rule
> but it not auto approve anything.
>
> What is the best way to approach this?
>
>
> Thanks

On Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:37:28 -0400, "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <>
wrote:

>Right pew, wrong church. Forwarded to WSUS newsgroup
>(microsoft.public.windows.server.update_service s) via crosspost as a
>convenience to OP.
Every update that you approve will download the content = gigabytes of updates.
Only about 100 updates will actually be "required" by clients.
So wait for a typical client to report what it needs and then approve those
updates. Make sure you apply SPs first as they make many other updates not
necessary.
Don't be in a hurry, some updates will require their own updates once installed.
It all takes several days to settle down.
Decline superceded update only once all clients are updated. For example decline
update included in XP SP3 only after all PCs have installed SP3 and only if you
are sure you will not want to run a PC without XP3 installed.

>
>On the web:
>http://www.microsoft.com/communities...pdate_services
>
>In your newsreader:
>news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...pdate_services
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