I have recently installed the trial version of server 2012 as our old 2003 server died. The primary use of the server is to be the WSUS server. I added the WSUS and went through the wizard, choosing to store updates locally and to use the default choice for the database.
I then modified the .reg file that we used to add clients to our old server to contain the name of the new server:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate]
"WUServer"="http://escobar.cs.nmsu.edu""WUStatusServer"="http://escobar.cs.nmsu.edu"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU]"
AUPowerManagement"=dword:00000001"UseWUServer"=dword:00000001"
DetectionFrequencyEnabled"=dword:00000001"DetectionFrequency"=dword:0000000c"
AutoInstallMinorUpdates"=dword:00000001"NoAutoRebootWithLoggedOnUsers"=dword:00000001"
RebootRelaunchTimeoutEnabled"=dword:00000001"RebootRelaunchTimeout"=dword:00000001"
RescheduleWaitTimeEnabled"=dword:00000001"RescheduleWaitTime"=dword:0000000a"
NoAutoUpdate"=dword:00000000"AUOptions"=dword:00000004"ScheduledInstallDay"=dword:00000000"
ScheduledInstallTime"=dword:00000004
I then ran the .reg file on a few computers and checked the registry to make sure that they were pointing the correct server. But so far, no computers have shown up under the "Computers" section of the update services. Also when I try to check for updates from the clients I get the following error: 80244019 Windows Update encountered an unknown error.
I have tried running the wuauclt detectnow and reportnow commands, but it hasn't seemed to do anything for me.
Am I missing anything here? Are there additional steps that need to be taken after installing server 2012?
On the server side here is all I have done: installed server 2012 -> added the WSUS role -> clicked "finish additional steps" -> restarted server
Client side: ran the .reg file i listed above