WSUS downloading all languages even though I just want one - whats up?

In the WSUS options I stated I want updates only for german language.
At first this seemed to work, but now the page is saying "download only
for my locale" (so, still german only) but I'm getting all kinds of
languages. I got the .NET framework service Pack 2 and the sharepoint
services service pack in all kinds of languages I got no use for.

Whats up with this? Someone labelt these updates wrong? Or will I get
all languages now for some unknown reason?

Sam

Sam Jost wrote:

> In the WSUS options I stated I want updates only for german language.
> At first this seemed to work, but now the page is saying "download only
> for my locale" (so, still german only) but I'm getting all kinds of
> languages. I got the .NET framework service Pack 2 and the sharepoint
> services service pack in all kinds of languages I got no use for.
>
> Whats up with this? Someone labelt these updates wrong? Or will I get
> all languages now for some unknown reason?
Hi,

For .NET Framework and SharePoint updates this is by "design", and
you cannot avoid it.

Because you can install any language version of .NET regardless of the
OS language, WSUS needs to cover this.

The language(s) you selected in the WSUS configuration, was for what
*OS* language(s) you want to support. As you can install the Spanish
version of the .NET Framework on a computer with an English OS, WSUS
covers this by downloading the .NET update for all languages.

More here:

From: David Dehghan [MS] ()
Subject: SUS download language problem
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.softwareupdatesvcs
Date: 2002-11-14 12:24:03 PST
http://groups.google.co.uk/groups?se....microsoft.com


From: Don Cottam [MS] ()
Subject: Re: Here we go again
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.softwareupdatesvcs
Date: 2003-03-13 21:36:02 PST
http://groups.google.co.uk/groups?se...TNGP12.phx.gbl


From: "Chris Ard [MSFT]" ()
Subject: Re: SUS for OS subset?
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.softwareupdatesvcs
Date: 2004-09-14 08:24:56 PST
http://groups.google.co.uk/groups?se...ngxa06.phx.gbl


And also:

WSUS have it's own newsgroup:
microsoft.public.windows.server.update_services


WebNews link to the WSUS newsgroup:
http://www.microsoft.com/communities...pdate_services


Or use a newsgroup reader (default Outlook Express) to access this new
group:

Clicking on this link should open this group in OE:

news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...pdate_services


--
torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scr...r/default.mspx

But I know I got only german locales installed, thats why I selected
this locale.

And I could also install a different language office on my german xp,
so to be consistent WSUS would need to download office service packs
for all languages, too.

Whats so special about wss and .net?
When it's all about 'you might install a french framework on the german
comp', you could also say 'you might install a french windows on a
german domain'.

Sam

Torgeir Bakken (MVP) schrieb:
> Sam Jost wrote:
>
> > In the WSUS options I stated I want updates only for german language.
> > At first this seemed to work, but now the page is saying "download only
> > for my locale" (so, still german only) but I'm getting all kinds of
> > languages. I got the .NET framework service Pack 2 and the sharepoint
> > services service pack in all kinds of languages I got no use for.
> >
> > Whats up with this? Someone labelt these updates wrong? Or will I get
> > all languages now for some unknown reason?
> Hi,
>
> For .NET Framework and SharePoint updates this is by "design", and
> you cannot avoid it.
>
> Because you can install any language version of .NET regardless of the
> OS language, WSUS needs to cover this.
>
> The language(s) you selected in the WSUS configuration, was for what
> *OS* language(s) you want to support. As you can install the Spanish
> version of the .NET Framework on a computer with an English OS, WSUS
> covers this by downloading the .NET update for all languages.
>
> More here:
>
> From: David Dehghan [MS] ()
> Subject: SUS download language problem
> Newsgroups: microsoft.public.softwareupdatesvcs
> Date: 2002-11-14 12:24:03 PST
> http://groups.google.co.uk/groups?se....microsoft.com
>
>
> From: Don Cottam [MS] ()
> Subject: Re: Here we go again
> Newsgroups: microsoft.public.softwareupdatesvcs
> Date: 2003-03-13 21:36:02 PST
> http://groups.google.co.uk/groups?se...TNGP12.phx.gbl
>
>
> From: "Chris Ard [MSFT]" ()
> Subject: Re: SUS for OS subset?
> Newsgroups: microsoft.public.softwareupdatesvcs
> Date: 2004-09-14 08:24:56 PST
> http://groups.google.co.uk/groups?se...ngxa06.phx.gbl
>
>
> And also:
>
> WSUS have it's own newsgroup:
> microsoft.public.windows.server.update_services
>
>
> WebNews link to the WSUS newsgroup:
> http://www.microsoft.com/communities...pdate_services
>
>
> Or use a newsgroup reader (default Outlook Express) to access this new
> group:
>
> Clicking on this link should open this group in OE:
>
> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...pdate_services
>
>
> --
> torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
> Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
> the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scr...r/default.mspx