Task Sequence hangs at Downloading 8 of 21 Updates

[SRR]

Hi

 

This seems to be a common problem and I've tried alot of the suggestions already posted without much luck.

 

I'm trying to build a machine and everything was working fine until I introduced a "Install Software Updates" step. When it gets to this step it appears to be working normally and starts to download updates but then stops at update 8 of 21 and it will sit there for about an hour and then do another update.

 

My task sequence is as follows:

 

1.Restart in Windows PE

2.Partition Disk 0

3.Apply Operating System

4.Apply Windows Settings

5.Apply Network Settings - Workgroup

6.Apply Device Drivers

7.Setup windows and ConfigMgr - I have specified the SMSSLP and SMSMP in the Installation Properties

8.Install Software Updates - I have tried both All Software Updates and Mandatory Software Updates

9.Various other steps to install standard software

The only thing that sticks out in the logs is in the SMSTS.log file. At the point where it starts to hang there are multiple entries stating:

 

Waiting for job status notification ..........Component="InstallSWupdate" a new entry gets written to the log file every minute.

 

Steps taken to resolve this include:

 

Adding a restart in between steps 8 and 9 - this caused step 9 to fail altogether

Installing a new version of Windows Update Agent

Added a rescan of ISU as per a few posts on this forum

 

SCCM setup is in mixed mode running SCCM 2007 SP2 R2.

 

Any thoughts?

[SRR]

Tried the proxy suggestion same thing happens .

[anyweb]

well what does your windowsupdate.log say ?

[SRR]

well what does your windowsupdate.log say ?

 

Last entries say that it has found updates so it seems to be detecting the updates fine, I can see that it is downloading the updates from the DP up to 8 of 21 and then it stops.

 

Looking through the other logs everything seems OK, no errors and it is connecting to the SCCM server to get the updates.

[fqureshi]

I am following this forum and having the same issues of task sequence getting stuck on 1 of 69 updates. I have read above that you have discussed about the proxy in the network. We have a proxy server that is Forefront but I am confused about the point that if we have already downloaded the updates from the internet and have created deployment packages then why the task sequence request the updates from internet rather than the distribution point. Since the the internal network communication wont use proxy therefore I have a doubt that if task sequence request update from the distribution point or directly from the internet?

 

Kindly advise.

[anyweb]

please read this post and hotifx KB article

 

http://www.windows-noob.com/forums/index.php?/topic/3718-adding-a-hotfix-to-the-setup-windows-and-configmgr-step-in-a-task-sequence/