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Knowledge Base Articles for Frequent Issues and FAQs

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If you don’t see your question below, please open a technical support case using the email form below:

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    We see automatic deployment rule failures often. As a result, we created the following article Automatic Deployment Rule (ADR) Error 0X87D20417 or 0x80070194 to resolve most ADR failures. Please review the article above to see if that resolves your issue before opening a case.


    We see the preparing to download issue on ConfigMgr clients often. As a result, we created the following article Updates or Applications Stuck at Preparing to download or fail with error 0x87D00669 or 0x87D00607 to resolve this issue. Please review the article above to see if that resolves your issue before opening a case.


    We come accross this issue often for updates not appearing in the ConfigMgr console. As a result, we created the following article Troubleshooting Why Third-Party Updates Don’t Show in SCCM to resolve this issue. Please review the article above to see if that resolves your issue before opening a case.


    We see WSUS Signing Certificate questions often. As a result, we created the following articles What is the WSUS Signing Certificate and How to Create It and How to Deploy the WSUS Signing Certificate for Third-Party Software Updates to answer most questions about the WSUS Signing Certficate. Please review the article above to see if that resolves your issue before opening a case.


    We see the license activation errors often. As a result, we created the following article Troubleshooting License Activation Issues (Invalid License ID.) to resolve this issue. Please review the article above to see if that resolves your issue before opening a case.


    We've determined the error code you entered has a documented knowledge base article and is a known scenario. Please see CreateDirectory failed Error when Publishing Third-Party Updates for the resolution. If you cannot solve the issue using the KB above, please continue by submitting this support case.

    Please attach the log files for troubleshooting update publishing when using the publishing service and any helpful screenshots. By attaching relevant logs files and screenshots, it will reduce the time to resolution.

    Please attach the log files for troubleshooting Advanced Insights installation failures and any helpful screenshots. By attaching relevant logs files and screenshots, it will reduce the time to resolution.

    Please attach the log files for troubleshooting application creation when using the publishing service and any helpful screenshots. By attaching relevant logs files and screenshots, it will reduce the time to resolution.

    Please attach the log files for troubleshooting application creation when using the publishing service and any helpful screenshots. By attaching relevant logs files and screenshots, it will reduce the time to resolution.

    Please attach the log files for troubleshooting deployment package downloads and any helpful screenshots. By attaching relevant logs files and screenshots, it will reduce the time to resolution.

    Please attach the log files for troubleshooting automatic deployment rules and any helpful screenshots. By attaching relevant logs files and screenshots, it will reduce the time to resolution.

    Please attach the log files for troubleshooting application installations with SCCM and any helpful screenshots. By attaching relevant logs files and screenshots, it will reduce the time to resolution.

    Please attach the log files for troubleshooting application installations with Intune and any helpful screenshots. By attaching relevant logs files and screenshots, it will reduce the time to resolution.

    Please attach the log files for troubleshooting update installations and any helpful screenshots. By attaching relevant logs files and screenshots, it will reduce the time to resolution.

    Please attach the log files for troubleshooting client downloads and any helpful screenshots. By attaching relevant logs files and screenshots, it will reduce the time to resolution.

    Please attach any relevant log files for troubleshooting and any helpful screenshots. By attaching relevant logs files and screenshots, it will reduce the time to resolution.

    License activation errors are generally related to proxy or firewall configurations. Please review our article Troubleshooting License Activation Issues (Invalid License ID.). If this doesn't help, please attach the PatchMyPC.log file.

    For our home updater, please use our support forum instead of this form.

    We've determined the error code you entered has a documented knowledge base article and is a known scenario. Please see Automatic Deployment Rule Error 0X87D20417 or 0x80070194 for the resolution. If you cannot solve the issue using the KB above, please continue by submitting this support case.

    We've determined the error code you entered has a documented knowledge base article and is a known scenario. Please see The request was aborted: Could not create SSL/TLS secure channel. for the resolution. If you cannot solve the issue using the KB above, please continue by submitting this support case.

    We've determined the error code you entered has a documented knowledge base article and is a known scenario. Please see Third-Party Updates Fail to Install with Error 0x800b0109/0x8024b303 in SCCM for the resolution. If you cannot solve the issue using the KB above, please continue by submitting this support case.

    We've determined the error code you entered has a documented knowledge base article and is a known scenario. Please see Job error (0x87d00692) received for assignment ({ID}) action for the resolution. If you cannot solve the issue using the KB above, please continue by submitting this support case.

    We've determined the error code you entered has a documented knowledge base article and is a known scenario. Please see CreateDirectory failed Error when Publishing Third-Party Updates for the resolution. If you cannot solve the issue using the KB above, please continue by submitting this support case.

    We've determined the error code you entered has a documented knowledge base article and is a known scenario. Please see Third-Party Updates Fail with Error 0x80246002 in ConfigMgr (SCCM) for the resolution. If you cannot solve the issue using the KB above, please continue by submitting this support case.

    We've determined the error code you entered has a documented knowledge base article and is a known scenario. Please see Installation Fails with Error Code 1603 for the resolution. If you cannot solve the issue using the KB above, please continue by submitting this support case.

    We've determined the error code you entered has a documented knowledge base article and is a known scenario. Please see System Error 1612 – The installation source for this product is not available. for the resolution. If you cannot solve the issue using the KB above, please continue by submitting this support case.

    We've determined the error code you entered has a documented knowledge base article and is a known scenario. Please see Failed to download content id . Error: Access is Denied. for the resolution. If you cannot solve the issue using the KB above, please continue by submitting this support case.

    We've determined the error code you entered has a documented knowledge base article and is a known scenario. Please see Third-Party Updates Fail to Install with Error 0x800b0101 in SCCM for the resolution. If you cannot solve the issue using the KB above, please continue by submitting this support case.

    We've determined the error code you entered has a documented knowledge base article and is a known scenario. Please see Failed to sign package; error was: 2148081670 for the resolution. If you cannot solve the issue using the KB above, please continue by submitting this support case.

    We've determined the error code you entered has a documented knowledge base article and is a known scenario. Please see Failed to create temp file with GetTempFileName() at temp location . error 80 for the resolution. If you cannot solve the issue using the KB above, please continue by submitting this support case.

    We've determined the error code you entered has a documented knowledge base article and is a known scenario. Please see The Simple Guide to WSUS Maintenance and Optimization in ConfigMgr for the resolution. If you cannot solve the issue using the KB above, please continue by submitting this support case.

    We've determined the error code you entered has a documented knowledge base article and is a known scenario. Please see Third Party Software Updates Maximum Runtime in ConfigMgr for the resolution. If you cannot solve the issue using the KB above, please continue by submitting this support case.