Reinstalled computers get new WSUS accounts

Torgeir Bakken (MVP) wrote:
> Soren Schimkat wrote:
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>> Eeach time a client computer is reinstalled, it gets a new
>> account in the WSUS server. How can this be awoided?
>>
>> Regards Søren Schimkat
>
> Hi,
>
> The identifier that WSUS uses is the data in the registry value
> SusClientId under the registry key
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate
>
> So if you export this value from the old installation and import it
> into the new one, it should keep the same "account". If this will give
> any side effects I don't know, you will need to test this yourself, I
> have not tested this myself, and I don't know of anybody else either.
>

That would be a bit difficult to handle with 1000+ clients and
supporters reinstalling client using RIS every day.


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