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Old 07-22-2008, 06:05 PM
Meinolf Weber
 
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Re: WSUS 2.0 identifies Windows 2008 64 bit servers as Vista

Hello MrMako,

Better post to:
microsoft.public.windows.server.update_services

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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> We are running WSUS 2.0 SP1 (Build 2.0.0.2620) on a Windows 2003 SP2
> Server. We have not moved to 3.0 yet, but plan to in the future. We
> have begun introducing Windows Server 2008 64 bit to our domain and I
> noticed today that they are identified in WSUS as 64-bit version of
> Windows Vista under Operating system.
>
> Since they share the same kernel I thought maybe this was just a
> mislabeling such as seeing "Longhorn" once in awhile, but it still
> seemed very odd since the patches are labeled Windows Server 2008. I
> checked the critical updates for 2008 and none have installed. I
> checked the servers and none are waiting to install. So I believe
> since it has misidentified the OS it does not know to send the right
> patches.
>
> I did not see much in Google and not sure if I might need a patch or
> something for this. Does anyone know if this is fixable in WSUS 2.0? I
> know it works in 3.0, but not ready to just throw that up quite yet.
> Thanks.
>



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