In Windows Server 2012 R2, when going into the following configuration and clicking the "Run Now" button for any actions, I get an informational message dialog that says "The selected cycle will run and might take several minutes to finish." with a dialog title of "Software Updates Scan Cycle". Even though it says to wait, the server does nothing for hours. How can I run these so something happens? All I want to do is check for Windows Updates because the machine says it hasn't been updated in two years.
Control Panel > Configuration Manager > Actions (tabbed panel) > Actions (section)
EDIT:
Here's what they do. But it doesn't help with the issue.
Best Answer
In Control Panel > Windows Updates, the "Most recent check for updates" said "Today at 6:01", but the "Updates were installed" said "4/24/2015 at 4:14". So the system hasn't been updated in awhile. I found a hyperlink in this screen to "Check online ..." for updates. This ran through one cycle, and said it failed. I did it again, and it finally downloaded and installed updates. Now it says "Updates were installed" of "Today at 7:03". So that seems good now.
Now after a reboot, when I go into, and select an Action and choose "Run Now", I get an error saying
So since this is a different error, I will leave that as the answer for now.
Control Panel > Configuration Manager > Actions (tabbed panel) > Actions (section)