WSUS clients "Not Yet Reported"

[Flaco]

I have a Windows 2003 server on which I am running WSUS. I do not have very big number of workstations to maintain but I am not able to get them to report their status to the WSUS server even when they are listed in the correct computer group. I have also established a different group policy for WSUS and all workstations are listed in the group assigned by the policy but only the exchange server that we have and the WSUS server have reported their status and received updates from WSUS. I was previously havign WSUS services running on another server (Domain Controller) and all worked well but then I decided to move WSUS from the DC to a standalone server which also handles backup tasks for the domain. The DC is also listed in WSUS as having "not yet reported". I have also uninstalled WSUS services from the DC but still I am getting the same error. Can anyone please help me out? Thanks.

[Reegan]

Try the below things on one of the affected clients:

1. First of all stop the Automatic Updates service.
2. After that delete the %windir%\SoftwareDistribution folder.
3. Now you can start the Automatic Updates service and then wait 10 minutes

Incase the client will not show up then on the WSUS server as reported within 20 minutes, try to post the last 30 minutes of the WindowsUpdate.log starting up with the service startup.

[Ashish2010]

I have tried all the ways suggested by you but still computer status is 'not yet reported'

I have done the following activity
1. Stop AU services
2. Delete %windir%\SoftwareDistribution folder.
3. Start the Automatic Updates service.
Wait 10 minutes
>From a CMD prompt issue 'wuauclt /reauthorization /detectnow'

If the client does not show up on the WSUS server as reported within 20
minutes please post the last 30 minutes of the WindowsUpdate.log
commencing with the service startup.

but status is as it is.
Please find last 50 lines of windowsupdate.log file

2010-04-06 16:12:06:701 364 c00 Misc = Module: C:\WINDOWS\system32\wuaueng.dll
2010-04-06 16:12:06:701 364 c00 Service *************
2010-04-06 16:12:06:701 364 c00 Service ** START ** Service: Service startup
2010-04-06 16:12:06:701 364 c00 Service *********
2010-04-06 16:12:06:701 364 c00 Agent * WU client version 7.1.6001.65
2010-04-06 16:12:06:701 364 c00 Agent * Base directory: C:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution
2010-04-06 16:12:06:701 364 c00 Agent * Access type: No proxy
2010-04-06 16:12:06:701 364 c00 Agent * Network state: Connected
2010-04-06 16:12:51:780 364 c00 Agent *********** Agent: Initializing Windows Update Agent ***********
2010-04-06 16:12:51:780 364 c00 Agent *********** Agent: Initializing global settings cache ***********
2010-04-06 16:12:51:780 364 c00 Agent * WSUS server: http://analec2:8530
2010-04-06 16:12:51:780 364 c00 Agent * WSUS status server: http://analec2:8530
2010-04-06 16:12:51:780 364 c00 Agent * Target group: Analec Delhi
2010-04-06 16:12:51:780 364 c00 Agent * Windows Update access disabled: No
2010-04-06 16:12:54:467 1416 d4c Misc =========== Logging initialized (build: 7.1.6001.65, tz: +0530) ===========
2010-04-06 16:12:54:467 1416 d4c Misc = Process: C:\WINDOWS\system32\wuauclt.exe
2010-04-06 16:12:54:467 1416 d4c Misc = Module: C:\WINDOWS\system32\wuaueng.dll
2010-04-06 16:12:54:467 1416 d4c DtaStor Default service for AU is {00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}
2010-04-06 16:12:54:561 1416 d4c DtaStor Default service for AU is {9482F4B4-E343-43B6-B170-9A65BC822C77}
2010-04-06 16:12:54:561 364 c00 Agent WARNING: Failed to read the service id for re-registration 0x80070002
2010-04-06 16:12:54:561 364 c00 Agent WARNING: Missing service entry in the backup data store; cleaning up
2010-04-06 16:12:54:561 364 c00 DnldMgr Download manager restoring 0 downloads
2010-04-06 16:12:54:561 364 c00 AU ########### AU: Initializing Automatic Updates ###########
2010-04-06 16:12:54:561 364 c00 AU # WSUS server: http://analec2:8530
2010-04-06 16:12:54:561 364 c00 AU # Detection frequency: 22
2010-04-06 16:12:54:561 364 c00 AU # Target group: Analec Delhi
2010-04-06 16:12:54:561 364 c00 AU # Approval type: Scheduled (Policy)
2010-04-06 16:12:54:561 364 c00 AU # Scheduled install day/time: Every day at 13:00
2010-04-06 16:12:54:561 364 c00 AU # Auto-install minor updates: Yes (Policy)
2010-04-06 16:12:54:592 364 c00 AU Setting AU scheduled install time to 2010-04-07 07:30:00
2010-04-06 16:12:54:592 364 c00 AU AU finished delayed initialization
2010-04-06 16:12:54:811 364 c00 Report *********** Report: Initializing static reporting data ***********
2010-04-06 16:12:54:811 364 c00 Report * OS Version = 5.1.2600.2.0.65792
2010-04-06 16:12:54:842 364 c00 Report * Computer Brand = Dell Inc.
2010-04-06 16:12:54:842 364 c00 Report * Computer Model = OptiPlex 360
2010-04-06 16:12:54:842 364 c00 Report * Bios Revision = A01
2010-04-06 16:12:54:842 364 c00 Report * Bios Name = Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10 A01
2010-04-06 16:12:54:842 364 c00 Report * Bios Release Date = 2008-11-28T00:00:00
2010-04-06 16:12:54:842 364 c00 Report * Locale ID = 1033
2010-04-06 16:25:43:553 364 7c8 AU Windows Update is disabled by policy for user
2010-04-06 16:44:30:086 364 f5c AU Windows Update is disabled by policy for user

Is attached group policy changes has an adverse affect on it. But some systems of Windows XP are still updating from this server.

Please suggest what to do in this case ....

[MarceloQuad]

Even I was having same problem but I have found a fix for this issue. The server that I was running was having an instance of SCCM and as such it also had a flag set that told the clients not to report their status back to the WSUS server. I then found a tool that will update this flag even if SCCM is removed from the system.

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