Windows 2012 R2 VM SQL 2012 Enterprise WSUS 6. I just applied a few MS updates today and restarted the server after restarting the server the famous ERROR. This video shows the steps to setup and configure software updates and deploy them to a test machine. Please subscribe, hit like, and comment www. Wsus Windows Server Update Services 70538WSUS 6. MMC fails to Connect to WSUS Server. Windows 2. 01. 2 R2 VMSQL 2. Enterprise. WSUS 6. I just applied a few MS updates today and restarted the server after restarting the server the famous ERROR Unexpected Error occurred. Event Id 7. 05. 3Log Name      Application. Source        Windows Server Update Services. Date          672. PMEvent ID      7. Task Category None. Level         Error. Keywords      Classic. User          NAComputer      xxx. Description The WSUS administration console has encountered an unexpected error. This may be a transient error try restarting the administration console. If this error persists, Try removing the persisted preferences for the console by deleting the wsus file under appdataMicrosoftMMC. System. Null. Reference. Exception Object reference not set to an instance of an object. Source. Microsoft. Update. Services. UI. Snap. In. Stack Trace at Microsoft. Update. Services. UI. Snap. In. Scope. Server. Summary. Scope. Node. Reset. Scope. NodeEvent Xml lt Event xmlnshttp schemas. System lt Provider NameWindows Server Update Services lt Event. ID Qualifiers0 7. Event. ID lt Level 2lt Level lt Task 0lt Task lt Keywords 0x. Keywords lt Time. Created System. Time2. T0. 1 1. 8 3. 8. Z lt Event. Record. ID 4. Event. Record. ID lt Channel Applicationlt Channel lt Computer xxxlt Computer lt Security lt System lt Event. Data lt Data The WSUS administration console has encountered an unexpected error. This may be a transient error try restarting the administration console. If this error persists, Try removing the persisted preferences for the console by deleting the wsus file under appdataMicrosoftMMC. System. Null. Reference. Exception Object reference not set to an instance of an object. Source. Microsoft. Update. Services. UI. Snap. In. Stack Trace at Microsoft. Update. Services. UI. Snap. In. Scope. Server. Summary. Scope. Buds Software Crack here. Node. Reset. Scope. Nodelt Data lt Event. Data lt Event Also now getting Event Id 5. The WSUS Service keeps stopping also. Need help Another thing my content folder is almost 3. GB it grew very fast only after one week.