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I created a Windows Update Status sensor and no data is reported. I get the message above .

powershell ptrg wmi

Created on Apr 6, 2018 12:50:24 PM



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Does both the PRTG server and the target machine have Powershell 3.0 or greater installed?

Created on Apr 7, 2018 7:25:28 AM by Benjamin Day [Paessler Support] (1,441) ●2 ●1



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Hello, we have the same Problem. Powershell v5.0 is installed on both systems. PRTG is based on Windows Server 2016 and the target system is Windows 7 64bit.

Created on May 16, 2018 8:31:27 AM



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The fix for this is planned for an update. This mostly has to do with how Server 2016 is handling the Powershell response.

Created on May 16, 2018 11:52:57 PM by Benjamin Day [Paessler Support] (1,441) ●2 ●1



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The error 0x8024401C is normally caused directly by the Windows Update routines. One can check if the same error occurs when running Windows Update on those machines. If that is the case, these resources might help:

https://windowsreport.com/windows-10-update-error-0x8024401c/

https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/1970827-wsus-on-server-2016-windows-10-1607-client-0x8024401c-error

Created on Aug 6, 2018 3:18:29 PM by Arne Seifert [Paessler Support]

Last change on Aug 6, 2018 3:18:37 PM by Arne Seifert [Paessler Support]




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