WSUS "Failed to evaluate rule" error "A901C1BD-989C-45C6-8DA0-8DDE8DBB69E0"<p>I am looking to deploy updates using the WSUS3.0SP1 application. I have signed up to, and downloaded, all the relevant clasifications and products. I have changed the registry settings on a few clients and have monitored them whilst they apply the latest patches and updates. All updates seem to download correctly and the clients appear to update and report correctly back to the WSUS server in the WSUS console. All appears fine until I look in the WindowsUpdate.log on the clients and see the following line<br/><br/>2009-07-02 13:08:34:343 1092 1604 Agent WARNING: Failed to evaluate Installed rule, updateId = {A901C1BD-989C-45C6-8DA0-8DDE8DBB69E0}.103, hr = 8024E001<br/><br/>In the SoftwareDistribution.Log on the WSUS server this id number is also located in the following line.<br/><br/>2009-07-01 15:46:48.833 UTC Info WsusService.23 CatalogSyncAgentCore.ExecuteSyncProtocol Catalog Sync: Filter: &lt;filter SyncAnchor=&quot;9631022,2009-07-01 03:41:08.084&quot;&gt;&lt;CategoryList&gt;&lt;category delta=&quot;1&quot; value=&quot;3b4b8621-726e-43a6-b43b-37d07ec7019f&quot; /&gt;&lt;category delta=&quot;1&quot; value=&quot;7f44c2a7-bc36-470b-be3b-c01b6dc5dd4e&quot; /&gt;&lt;category delta=&quot;1&quot; value=&quot;dbf57a08-0d5a-46ff-b30c-7715eb9498e9&quot; /&gt;&lt;category delta=&quot;1&quot; value=&quot;558f4bc3-4827-49e1-accf-ea79fd72d4c9&quot; /&gt;&lt;category delta=&quot;1&quot; value=&quot;83a83e29-7d55-44a0-afed-aea164bc35e6&quot; /&gt;&lt;category delta=&quot;1&quot; value=&quot;3cf32f7c-d8ee-43f8-a0da-8b88a6f8af1a&quot; /&gt;&lt;category delta=&quot;1&quot; value=&quot;6248b8b1-ffeb-dbd9-887a-2acf53b09dfe&quot; /&gt;&lt;category delta=&quot;1&quot; value=&quot;1403f223-a63f-f572-82ba-c92391218055&quot; /&gt;&lt;category delta=&quot;1&quot; value=&quot;7145181b-9556-4b11-b659-0162fa9df11f&quot; /&gt;&lt;category delta=&quot;1&quot; value=&quot;a4bedb1d-a809-4f63-9b49-3fe31967b6d0&quot; /&gt;&lt;category delta=&quot;1&quot; value=&quot;041e4f9f-3a3d-4f58-8b2f-5e6fe95c4591&quot; /&gt;&lt;category delta=&quot;1&quot; value=&quot;26997d30-08ce-4f25-b2de-699c36a8033a&quot; /&gt;&lt;category delta=&quot;1&quot; value=&quot;26bb6be1-37d1-4ca6-baee-ec00b2f7d0f1&quot; /&gt;&lt;category delta=&quot;1&quot; value=&quot;4cb6ebd5-e38a-4826-9f76-1416a6f563b0&quot; /&gt;&lt;category delta=&quot;1&quot; value=&quot;4e487029-f550-4c22-8b31-9173f3f95786&quot; /&gt;&lt;category delta=&quot;1&quot; value=&quot;5312e4f1-6372-442d-aeb2-15f2132c9bd7&quot; /&gt;&lt;category delta=&quot;1&quot; value=&quot;60916385-7546-4e9b-836e-79d65e517bab&quot; /&gt;&lt;category delta=&quot;1&quot; value=&quot;8c3fcc84-7410-4a95-8b89-a166a0190486&quot; /&gt;&lt;category delta=&quot;1&quot; value=&quot;90e135fb-ef48-4ad0-afb5-10c4ceb4ed16&quot; /&gt;&lt;category delta=&quot;1&quot; value=&quot;29fd8922-db9e-4a97-aa00-ca980376b738&quot; /&gt;&lt;category delta=&quot;1&quot; value=&quot;7e5d0309-78dd-4f52-a756-0259f88b634b&quot; /&gt;&lt;category delta=&quot;1&quot; value=&quot;a901c1bd-989c-45c6-8da0-8dde8dbb69e0&quot; /&gt;&lt;category delta=&quot;1&quot; value=&quot;ab62c5bd-5539-49f6-8aea-5a114dd42314&quot; /&gt;&lt;category delta=&quot;1&quot; value=&quot;ba0ae9cc-5f01-40b4-ac3f-50192b5d6aaf&quot; /&gt;&lt;category delta=&quot;1&quot; value=&quot;bfe5b177-a086-47a0-b102-097e4fa1f807&quot; /&gt;&lt;category delta=&quot;1&quot; value=&quot;c5f0b23c-e990-4b71-9808-718d353f533a&quot; /&gt;&lt;category delta=&quot;1&quot; value=&quot;c96c35fc-a21f-481b-917c-10c4f64792cb&quot; /&gt;&lt;category delta=&quot;1&quot; value=&quot;cb263e3f-6c5a-4b71-88fa-1706f9549f51&quot; /&gt;&lt;category delta=&quot;1&quot; value=&quot;e7441a84-4561-465f-9e0e-7fc16fa25ea7&quot; /&gt;&lt;category delta=&quot;1&quot; value=&quot;e88a19fb-a847-4e3d-9ae2-13c2b84f58a6&quot; /&gt;&lt;category delta=&quot;1&quot; value=&quot;ec9aaca2-f868-4f06-b201-fb8eefd84cef&quot; /&gt;&lt;category delta=&quot;1&quot; value=&quot;fdfe8200-9d98-44ba-a12a-772282bf60ef&quot; /&gt;&lt;/CategoryList&gt;&lt;UCList&gt;&lt;updateclassification delta=&quot;1&quot; value=&quot;e6cf1350-c01b-414d-a61f-263d14d133b4&quot; /&gt;&lt;updateclassification delta=&quot;1&quot; value=&quot;0fa1201d-4330-4fa8-8ae9-b877473b6441&quot; /&gt;&lt;updateclassification delta=&quot;1&quot; value=&quot;28bc880e-0592-4cbf-8f95-c79b17911d5f&quot; /&gt;&lt;updateclassification delta=&quot;1&quot; value=&quot;cd5ffd1e-e932-4e3a-bf74-18bf0b1bbd83&quot; /&gt;&lt;updateclassification delta=&quot;1&quot; value=&quot;e0789628-ce08-4437-be74-2495b842f43b&quot; /&gt;&lt;/UCList&gt;&lt;languageList&gt;&lt;language delta=&quot;1&quot; value=&quot;1033&quot; /&gt;&lt;/languageList&gt;&lt;/filter&gt;<br/><br/>I have checked this updateid number and if you cross reference it with the &quot;Products and classifications&quot; that I have selected it appears to be connected with the &quot;Windows Server 2003&quot; product.<br/><br/>Having been unable to find any information on the Internet, could someone tell me if I have a problem please. I figure if I ignore the message and assume everythings working fine I might be letting myself in for problems in the future.</p>© 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:31:34 Z811da506-081f-496a-9723-506bd8df4a6fhttp://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserverwsus/thread/811da506-081f-496a-9723-506bd8df4a6f#811da506-081f-496a-9723-506bd8df4a6fhttp://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserverwsus/thread/811da506-081f-496a-9723-506bd8df4a6f#811da506-081f-496a-9723-506bd8df4a6fJimPaynehttp://social.technet.microsoft.com/Profile/en-US/?user=JimPayneWSUS "Failed to evaluate rule" error "A901C1BD-989C-45C6-8DA0-8DDE8DBB69E0"<p>I am looking to deploy updates using the WSUS3.0SP1 application. I have signed up to, and downloaded, all the relevant clasifications and products. I have changed the registry settings on a few clients and have monitored them whilst they apply the latest patches and updates. All updates seem to download correctly and the clients appear to update and report correctly back to the WSUS server in the WSUS console. All appears fine until I look in the WindowsUpdate.log on the clients and see the following line<br/><br/>2009-07-02 13:08:34:343 1092 1604 Agent WARNING: Failed to evaluate Installed rule, updateId = {A901C1BD-989C-45C6-8DA0-8DDE8DBB69E0}.103, hr = 8024E001<br/><br/>In the SoftwareDistribution.Log on the WSUS server this id number is also located in the following line.<br/><br/>2009-07-01 15:46:48.833 UTC Info WsusService.23 CatalogSyncAgentCore.ExecuteSyncProtocol Catalog Sync: Filter: &lt;filter SyncAnchor=&quot;9631022,2009-07-01 03:41:08.084&quot;&gt;&lt;CategoryList&gt;&lt;category delta=&quot;1&quot; value=&quot;3b4b8621-726e-43a6-b43b-37d07ec7019f&quot; /&gt;&lt;category delta=&quot;1&quot; value=&quot;7f44c2a7-bc36-470b-be3b-c01b6dc5dd4e&quot; /&gt;&lt;category delta=&quot;1&quot; value=&quot;dbf57a08-0d5a-46ff-b30c-7715eb9498e9&quot; /&gt;&lt;category delta=&quot;1&quot; value=&quot;558f4bc3-4827-49e1-accf-ea79fd72d4c9&quot; /&gt;&lt;category delta=&quot;1&quot; value=&quot;83a83e29-7d55-44a0-afed-aea164bc35e6&quot; /&gt;&lt;category delta=&quot;1&quot; value=&quot;3cf32f7c-d8ee-43f8-a0da-8b88a6f8af1a&quot; /&gt;&lt;category delta=&quot;1&quot; value=&quot;6248b8b1-ffeb-dbd9-887a-2acf53b09dfe&quot; /&gt;&lt;category delta=&quot;1&quot; value=&quot;1403f223-a63f-f572-82ba-c92391218055&quot; /&gt;&lt;category delta=&quot;1&quot; value=&quot;7145181b-9556-4b11-b659-0162fa9df11f&quot; /&gt;&lt;category delta=&quot;1&quot; value=&quot;a4bedb1d-a809-4f63-9b49-3fe31967b6d0&quot; /&gt;&lt;category delta=&quot;1&quot; value=&quot;041e4f9f-3a3d-4f58-8b2f-5e6fe95c4591&quot; /&gt;&lt;category delta=&quot;1&quot; value=&quot;26997d30-08ce-4f25-b2de-699c36a8033a&quot; /&gt;&lt;category delta=&quot;1&quot; value=&quot;26bb6be1-37d1-4ca6-baee-ec00b2f7d0f1&quot; /&gt;&lt;category delta=&quot;1&quot; value=&quot;4cb6ebd5-e38a-4826-9f76-1416a6f563b0&quot; /&gt;&lt;category delta=&quot;1&quot; value=&quot;4e487029-f550-4c22-8b31-9173f3f95786&quot; /&gt;&lt;category delta=&quot;1&quot; value=&quot;5312e4f1-6372-442d-aeb2-15f2132c9bd7&quot; /&gt;&lt;category delta=&quot;1&quot; value=&quot;60916385-7546-4e9b-836e-79d65e517bab&quot; /&gt;&lt;category delta=&quot;1&quot; value=&quot;8c3fcc84-7410-4a95-8b89-a166a0190486&quot; /&gt;&lt;category delta=&quot;1&quot; value=&quot;90e135fb-ef48-4ad0-afb5-10c4ceb4ed16&quot; /&gt;&lt;category delta=&quot;1&quot; value=&quot;29fd8922-db9e-4a97-aa00-ca980376b738&quot; /&gt;&lt;category delta=&quot;1&quot; value=&quot;7e5d0309-78dd-4f52-a756-0259f88b634b&quot; /&gt;&lt;category delta=&quot;1&quot; value=&quot;a901c1bd-989c-45c6-8da0-8dde8dbb69e0&quot; /&gt;&lt;category delta=&quot;1&quot; value=&quot;ab62c5bd-5539-49f6-8aea-5a114dd42314&quot; /&gt;&lt;category delta=&quot;1&quot; value=&quot;ba0ae9cc-5f01-40b4-ac3f-50192b5d6aaf&quot; /&gt;&lt;category delta=&quot;1&quot; value=&quot;bfe5b177-a086-47a0-b102-097e4fa1f807&quot; /&gt;&lt;category delta=&quot;1&quot; value=&quot;c5f0b23c-e990-4b71-9808-718d353f533a&quot; /&gt;&lt;category delta=&quot;1&quot; value=&quot;c96c35fc-a21f-481b-917c-10c4f64792cb&quot; /&gt;&lt;category delta=&quot;1&quot; value=&quot;cb263e3f-6c5a-4b71-88fa-1706f9549f51&quot; /&gt;&lt;category delta=&quot;1&quot; value=&quot;e7441a84-4561-465f-9e0e-7fc16fa25ea7&quot; /&gt;&lt;category delta=&quot;1&quot; value=&quot;e88a19fb-a847-4e3d-9ae2-13c2b84f58a6&quot; /&gt;&lt;category delta=&quot;1&quot; value=&quot;ec9aaca2-f868-4f06-b201-fb8eefd84cef&quot; /&gt;&lt;category delta=&quot;1&quot; value=&quot;fdfe8200-9d98-44ba-a12a-772282bf60ef&quot; /&gt;&lt;/CategoryList&gt;&lt;UCList&gt;&lt;updateclassification delta=&quot;1&quot; value=&quot;e6cf1350-c01b-414d-a61f-263d14d133b4&quot; /&gt;&lt;updateclassification delta=&quot;1&quot; value=&quot;0fa1201d-4330-4fa8-8ae9-b877473b6441&quot; /&gt;&lt;updateclassification delta=&quot;1&quot; value=&quot;28bc880e-0592-4cbf-8f95-c79b17911d5f&quot; /&gt;&lt;updateclassification delta=&quot;1&quot; value=&quot;cd5ffd1e-e932-4e3a-bf74-18bf0b1bbd83&quot; /&gt;&lt;updateclassification delta=&quot;1&quot; value=&quot;e0789628-ce08-4437-be74-2495b842f43b&quot; /&gt;&lt;/UCList&gt;&lt;languageList&gt;&lt;language delta=&quot;1&quot; value=&quot;1033&quot; /&gt;&lt;/languageList&gt;&lt;/filter&gt;<br/><br/>I have checked this updateid number and if you cross reference it with the &quot;Products and classifications&quot; that I have selected it appears to be connected with the &quot;Windows Server 2003&quot; product.<br/><br/>Having been unable to find any information on the Internet, could someone tell me if I have a problem please. I figure if I ignore the message and assume everythings working fine I might be letting myself in for problems in the future.</p>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:46:56 Z2009-07-02T13:46:56Zhttp://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserverwsus/thread/811da506-081f-496a-9723-506bd8df4a6f#07afd3df-6c60-4ecb-aa6f-634052d5ba18http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserverwsus/thread/811da506-081f-496a-9723-506bd8df4a6f#07afd3df-6c60-4ecb-aa6f-634052d5ba18Lawrence Garvinhttp://social.technet.microsoft.com/Profile/en-US/?user=Lawrence%20GarvinWSUS "Failed to evaluate rule" error "A901C1BD-989C-45C6-8DA0-8DDE8DBB69E0"<blockquote>2009-07-02 13:08:34:343 1092 1604 Agent WARNING: Failed to evaluate Installed rule, updateId = {A901C1BD-989C-45C6-8DA0-8DDE8DBB69E0}.103, hr = 8024E001<br/><br/></blockquote> <br/>Jim, this is a known issue and is being researched/resolved by Microsoft. I'm working with them on this issue, as I encountered it on my own system(s) and on one client's system(s). The issue is benign, and you can safely ignore it for the time being.<br/><hr class="sig">Lawrence Garvin, M.S., MCITP:EA, MCDBA<br/> Principal/CTO, Onsite Technology Solutions, Houston, Texas<br/> <i>Microsoft MVP - Software Distribution (2005-2009)</i><br/>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:26:38 Z2009-07-02T14:26:38Z