Manual Windows update failed on newly install Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2 Std. x86

[albertwt]

Hi All,

I'm now experiencing a very hard to understand situation, this is happening on my newly reinstall Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2 Standard on 32 bit platform.

I've installed SP2 and IE 8 manually and then initiate the Windows Update from the website but it always failed, see the following attached log.

Downloading Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB930178) (update 1 of 77)... failed!
Downloading Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB932168) (update 2 of 77)... failed!
Downloading Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB927891) (update 3 of 77)... failed!
Downloading Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB924667) (update 4 of 77)... failed!
Downloading Cumulative Security Update for Outlook Express for Windows Server 2003 (KB929123) (update 5 of 77)... failed!
Downloading Security Update for Windows Media Player 6.4 (KB925398) (update 6 of 77)... failed!
Downloading Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB926122) (update 7 of 77)... failed!
Downloading Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB938127) (update 8 of 77)... failed!
Downloading Security Update for Microsoft .NET Framework, Version 1.1 Service Pack 1 (KB933854) (update 9 of 77)... failed!
Downloading Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB936357) (update 10 of 77)... failed!
Downloading Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB943460) (update 11 of 77)... failed!
Downloading Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB944653) (update 12 of 77)... failed!
Downloading Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB941569) (update 13 of 77)... failed!
Downloading Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB946026) (update 14 of 77)... failed!
Downloading Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB943055) (update 15 of 77)... failed!
Downloading Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB948496) (update 16 of 77)... failed!
Downloading Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB945553) (update 17 of 77)... failed!
Downloading Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB950762) (update 18 of 77)... failed!
Downloading Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB951748) (update 19 of 77)... failed!
Downloading Security Update for Outlook Express for Windows Server 2003 (KB951066) (update 20 of 77)... failed!
Downloading Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB952954) (update 21 of 77)... failed!
Downloading Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB950974) (update 22 of 77)... failed!
Downloading Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB944338) (update 23 of 77)... failed!
Downloading Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB958644) (update 24 of 77)... failed!
Downloading Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB955069) (update 25 of 77)... failed!
Downloading Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB957097) (update 26 of 77)... failed!
Downloading Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB952069) (update 27 of 77)... failed!
Downloading Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB956802) (update 28 of 77)... failed!
Downloading Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB925902) (update 29 of 77)... failed!
Downloading Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB956803) (update 30 of 77)... failed!
Downloading Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB958687) (update 31 of 77)... failed!
Downloading Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB960225) (update 32 of 77)... failed!
Downloading Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB967715) (update 33 of 77)... failed!
Downloading Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB956572) (update 34 of 77)... failed!
Downloading Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB952004) (update 35 of 77)... failed!
Downloading Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB960803) (update 36 of 77)... failed!
Downloading Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB959426) (update 37 of 77)... failed!
Downloading Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB923561) (update 38 of 77)... failed!
Downloading Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB961501) (update 39 of 77)... failed!
Downloading Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB970238) (update 40 of 77)... failed!
Downloading Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB971633) (update 41 of 77)... failed!
Downloading Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB971032) (update 42 of 77)... failed!
Downloading Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB971557) (update 43 of 77)... failed!
Downloading Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB973540) (update 44 of 77)... failed!
Downloading Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB973869) (update 45 of 77)... failed!
Downloading Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB973354) (update 46 of 77)... failed!
Downloading Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB973507) (update 47 of 77)... failed!
Downloading Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB960859) (update 48 of 77)... failed!
Downloading Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB973815) (update 49 of 77)... failed!
Downloading Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB971657) (update 50 of 77)... failed!
Downloading Internet Explorer 8 for Windows Server 2003 (update 51 of 77)... failed!
Downloading Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB956844) (update 52 of 77)... failed!
Downloading Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB956744) (update 53 of 77)... done!
Downloading Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB967723) (update 54 of 77)... failed!
Downloading Security Update for Jscript 5.6 for Windows Server 2003 (KB971961) (update 55 of 77)...

I've activated this copy of Windows and also join this to the domain.

any suggestion would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

[R0M]

I hate to say it but it sounds to me like a Virus. I know conficker will stop you from getting MS updates, if you have allready connected it to the domain and dont/didnt at the time have up-to-date anti-virus you may allready have a conficker install.

It might be worth scanning with S.T.I.N.G.E.R or something anyway just to make sure.

Good luck,
Michael

[albertwt]

I hate to say it but it sounds to me like a Virus. I know conficker will stop you from getting MS updates, if you have allready connected it to the domain and dont/didnt at the time have up-to-date anti-virus you may allready have a conficker install.

It might be worth scanning with S.T.I.N.G.E.R or something anyway just to make sure.

Good luck,
Michael

Michael thanks for the reply,

unfortunately there is no obvious error in the eventviewer apart from the following which i reckon not related:

Event Type:	Error
Event Source:	UserInit
Event Category:	None
Event ID:	1000
Date:		25/01/2010
Time:		10:57:03 AM
User:		N/A
Computer:	VMWS05
Description:
Could not execute the following script \\domain.com\SysVol\domain.com\Policies\{06A10425-F942-48B7-BA1C-BC4ECEC4977D}\Machine\Scripts\Startup\pushprinterconnections.exe. .

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Event Type:	Error
Event Source:	UserInit
Event Category:	None
Event ID:	1000
Date:		25/01/2010
Time:		10:56:43 AM
User:		N/A
Computer:	VMWS05
Description:
Could not execute the following script pushprinterconnections.exe. .

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

See the attached screenshot, there is no obvious error message related to WSUS ?

[SYNACK]

It looks like it may have corrupted the Windows update DB and hence it trying to install a whole bunch of patches that it does not need, these of course fail because they are already either up to date or newer in the SP.

I would try rebuilding the Windows Update DB on the machine then re-running windows update to get the appropriate patches only.

part D: Microsoft Windows Update Troubleshooting (US) - Tony Krijnen

It may also be that the machine needed another restart before it could apply any more patches. This can happen if one hangs up and does not release windows installer.

[albertwt]

Hi SYNACK,

I've managed to downloaded the MBSA but somehow it failed to run with the "The catalog file is damaged or an invalid catalog. "

anyway, I tried to stop the WUAUSERV service and then delete the content of "C:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\Download" the download is now working fine.

it seems that the download directory got corrupted ?

Downloading Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB930178) (update 1 of 69)... failed!
Downloading Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB932168) (update 2 of 69)... done!
Downloading Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB927891) (update 3 of 69)... done!
Downloading Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB924667) (update 4 of 69)... done!
Downloading Cumulative Security Update for Outlook Express for Windows Server 2003 (KB929123) (update 5 of 69)... done!
Downloading Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB926122) (update 6 of 69)... done!
Downloading Security Update for Microsoft .NET Framework, Version 1.1 Service Pack 1 (KB933854) (update 7 of 69)... done!
Downloading Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB936357) (update 8 of 69)... done!
Downloading Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB943460) (update 9 of 69)... done!
Downloading Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB944653) (update 10 of 69)... done!
Downloading Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB941569) (update 11 of 69)... done!
Downloading Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB946026) (update 12 of 69)... done!
Downloading Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB943055) (update 13 of 69)... done!
Downloading Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB948496) (update 14 of 69)... done!
Downloading Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB945553) (update 15 of 69)... done!
Downloading Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB950762) (update 16 of 69)... failed!
Downloading Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB951748) (update 17 of 69)... done!
Downloading Security Update for Outlook Express for Windows Server 2003 (KB951066) (update 18 of 69)... done!
Downloading Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB952954) (update 19 of 69)... done!
Downloading Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB950974) (update 20 of 69)... done!
Downloading Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB958644) (update 21 of 69)... done!
Downloading Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB955069) (update 22 of 69)... done!
Downloading Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB957097) (update 23 of 69)... done!
Downloading Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB952069) (update 24 of 69)... done!
Downloading Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB956802) (update 25 of 69)... done!
Downloading Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB925902) (update 26 of 69)...