Hello,
Long time lurker, first time poster, it is just a stab in the dark that WSUS is related to my problem but I am hoping someone can help me find out for sure.
I have a notion that what gets installed from WSUS, should show up in the Update Install history on the client and a restore point should be created at the same point but I am not seeing that. Is my assumption off?
Clients are Win7 Pro x64 SP1 imaged, Office 2010 STD 32bit installed via GPO prior to image. WSUS 3 running on 2003r2
Our WSUS server is set to approve all updates for OS and Office to clients. (Although I would love to discuss the propriety of this sometime I am not looking to do that now :)
The last update in WSUS shows Jan 8th
The Update History on the client in installed Updates shows 1/15/13 as the most recent updates
The Client shows a System restore point on 1/29/13 @ 22:05
If I am reading the WindowsUpdate.log correctly we had a Windows Defender Definition file update at the same time of the restore 22:05
Clients reboot 1/30 @ ~17:00
Clients started noticing strange problems on a few machines on Jan 31st (2 Complete Program Folder hierarchies disappearing (not hidden), Excel 2010 launching at startup complaining of Language pack not being supported and immediate consecutive reboots)
Using the restore I can bring the system back to where it needs to be.
Scanning for files changed on/after the 28th, there is a Windows Defender shows nothing in History.
Trend Micro Worry Free shows no activity during this time.
Two machines were heavily scanned for malware over and above out normal protection, none found.
No recent Group Policy changes.
I would like to know how to figure out what caused all my problems and keep it from happening to other machines. If it is coming from WSUS I would like to stop it.
I suspect an Office update but I can’t find the proof or the update.
Update - I just now noticed that Outlook shows "Upgrade in Progress", "Upgrade Outlook Connector You must upgrade to the latest version of Outlook Hotmail Connector to continue using this email. We connect to Exchange 2007.
Any help would be gratefully apreciated,
Todd