How to find the location of our WSUS server?

[Wherebob]

Can someone tell me where to look to locate where my pc running windows 7 pro is getting it's updates. We have a WSUS server but not sure of the location? I don't have access to the group policy update policy to see the WSUS address.

Should I check the update log files, use wusa.exe, windows update panel under update history, upstalled updates, etc, where?


Thanks
Bob

[JCB]

go to command prompt and type rsop.msc

then go to

Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Update

all the setting should be in there. Let me know if u need more info as I have implemented WSUS at my work place

[Wherebob]

Policy will not let me open any msc's on this workstation. Is the another way?

Thanks

[JCB]

Originally Posted by Wherebob

Policy will not let me open any msc's on this workstation. Is the another way?

Thanks

are you a local admin on the computer?

[Wherebob]

Originally Posted by JCB

are you a local admin on the computer?

Nope

[thompatry]

You could run tracert via commandline when you checking for updates.

[JCB]

another way could be

Click start > regedit

then browse to \HKEY_Local_Machine\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Cur rentVersion\WindowsUpdate

take a look here and in sub folders and see if you can work out where its updating from there

[Wherebob]

Thanks for the replies
I was unable to find a value that correlated with a server ip or fqdn under HKEY_Local_Machine\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Cur rentVersion\WindowsUpdate (though it might be I didn't know what I was looking for in there)

I was able to locate it in the C:\Windows\WindowsUpdate.log