I recently installed windows server 2008 R2 SP1 on a new machine. When i run windows update and click check for updates it returns the "There are no updates available for your computer" almost instantly without actually checking. How can i fix this?

Hello, which account do you use, if not the administrator check the windows update settings that also other users are allowed to run windows update. Is the installed version already activated and genuine?Best regards Meinolf Weber Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties or guarantees , and confers no rights.

I'm currently using the Administrator account and the OS is genuine and activated with microsoft

this machine join to domain or your network had WSUS Server Mohamed Abd Elhamid Abd Elaziz Microsoft System Administrator Abdul Samad Al Qurashi Co.

the machine is running on a home network without a WSUS Server

try open windows update you will find this link Check online for updates from microsoft update not click any choose from right paneMohamed Abd Elhamid Abd Elaziz Microsoft System Administrator Abdul Samad Al Qurashi Co.

I don't have a check online for updates button, the only option is to click in the right pane

Are you a local admin? Please use a local admin account and check again. Try to reset Windows Update Components and check again. This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties or guarantees , and confers no rights. Microsoft Student Partner 2010 / 2011 Microsoft Certified Professional Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator: Security Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer: Security Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Windows Server 2008 Active Directory, Configuration Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure, Configuration Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Windows Server 2008 Applications Infrastructure, Configuration Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Windows 7, Configuring Microsoft Certified IT Professional: Enterprise Administrator

try making restart and check it again may be service is hangMohamed Abd Elhamid Abd Elaziz Microsoft System Administrator Abdul Samad Al Qurashi Co.

I am using a local admin account, How do i reset the windows update components?

restart the server Mohamed Abd Elhamid Abd Elaziz Microsoft System Administrator Abdul Samad Al Qurashi Co.

Try that: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971058 This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties or guarantees , and confers no rights. Microsoft Student Partner 2010 / 2011 Microsoft Certified Professional Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator: Security Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer: Security Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Windows Server 2008 Active Directory, Configuration Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure, Configuration Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Windows Server 2008 Applications Infrastructure, Configuration Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Windows 7, Configuring Microsoft Certified IT Professional: Enterprise Administrator

@M.Abdelhamid that didn't help, I'm still missing the check online for updates

Try that: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971058 This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties or guarantees , and confers no rights. Microsoft Student Partner 2010 / 2011 Microsoft Certified Professional Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator: Security Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer: Security Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Windows Server 2008 Active Directory, Configuration Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure, Configuration Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Windows Server 2008 Applications Infrastructure, Configuration Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Windows 7, Configuring Microsoft Certified IT Professional: Enterprise Administrator When i try to run the Microsoft Fix It program it tells me that its not compatible with my OS

In case it helps, i I'm running Windows server 2008 R2 SP1 standard

view the windowsupdates.log for errors. this file is very detailed and should point you in the right direction to find the cause.Don

view the windowsupdates.log for errors. this file is very detailed and should point you in the right direction to find the cause. Don So i read the update log and I keep getting the following error: Misc FATAL: Assertion failed! Expression="NULL != m_hSqmSession" (wusqm.h!CWUSqmSession::EndSession: 344) Searching google only found one topic and that was to do with an expired beta version. Any ideas?

yep, try http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958046 this will give you a fresh WU content folder structure & db, it looks like your datastore is bad. this is a common technique to use when WU won't co-operate. (it doesn't remove any installed updates or patches, so it's very safe)Don

Thanks for the suggestion but i've tried that before (and again just now, just in case) and it doesn't seem to work, i still cant update

Thanks for all the suggestions guys, Eventually fixed the problem by re-downloading and burning installation media, reformatting my hard drive and reinstalling windows (tried without reformatting and had the same issue)