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I manage a WSUS server for a large number of servers in a shared environment. Recently I noticed that despite the scheduled install time configured via the local gpo of many servers, they were not rebooting for sometimes 1.5-2 hours after their scheduled install time. Checking their event logs and WindowsUpdate.log I saw that on all of them they were in fact starting installation at their scheduled install time, but after installing the update '
Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool x64 - March 2015 (KB890830)'
or its equivalent for that month, it would be 1-1.5 hours before it finished installing the next update and eventualliy rebooting.Checking the WindowsUpdate.log I see tons of entries like the following:
Other servers seem to have no issues with the same set up updates. It will take them only 15-20 minutes and will reboot within 30 minutes of their scheduled install time.
Has anybody seen anything similar to this? Is there some reason why the monthly malicious software update would install right at the scheduled time, but the rest would take hours? They dont have tons of updates, there are on average 10-15 updates scheduled. These systems are all over in the place in terms of performance specs, so I dont think its related to their hardware specs.
Thanks
UPDATEThis issue has continued to occur on this machine. I now am not entirely sure its related to the windows malicious software tool or not. The only symptoms I have found are the following:
- Any number of updates will take 1.5-1.75 hours to install, whereother servers installing same updates take 15-30 minutes to installthem.
- Windows Update Log is filled from top to bottom with the following over and over again (entirely filling up the log in a matter of minutes)
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- C:WindowsLogsCBSCBS.log is much larger than other servers (1.5 GB)
- System Event log always shows the following patternRight at scheduled install time a first update will immediately install example:Date: 5/18/2015 8:00:28 PMEvent ID: 19Task Category: Windows Update AgentLevel: InformationKeywords: Success,InstallationUser: SYSTEMComputer: ...Description:Installation Successful: Windows successfully installed the following update: Update for Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 Edition
Then 1.5 Hours will elapse and the Windows Malicious software update will say it finished installation
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2 Answers
Something I learned recently, courtesy of Michael Hampton, is that an update to the
Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool
not only applies the update but also runs the tool, which accounts for the lengthy install time for that update. The following MS article has more details:Community♦
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Search and delete the trace registry setting for windows update:
Those log entires will be gone.
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