"Needed" Update Inconsistencies

Hi Everyone
I have some Server 2012 machines I need to update. I created a new update view by product (Server2012), approved all updates to my group, server installs all updates, all seems happy.
after a /report now the server reports it's missing some patches - circa 54. In the report they're designated as not approved.
If I go back to my update view, there are no unapproved patches for Server2012.
What am I missing here? Here's an example of a machine report after approving all 2k12 based patches : http://imgur.com/OSGb5j6
One example from that patch is https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2798162?wa=wsignin1.0, which is perplexing why it's not been included in the product view.
Any tips?
Thanks,

the server reports it's missing some patches - circa 54. In the report they're designated as not approved.
If I go back to my update view, there are no unapproved patches for Server2012.
Obviously one of these statements is not accurate.
The problem here is you're looking at apples and oranges.
The report (Image) very clearly shows some updates that are Not Approved. I see three updates for Windows Server 2012 in the "Critical Updates" classification. If there really are *ZERO* NotApproved patches for this view containing the category
"Windows Server 2012", then a couple of observations come to mind:
First, the view is probably improperly defined (Which *classifications* did you include? Did you include *Critical Updates*, which seems to be the Classification with the NotApproved updates?)
Second, *WHY* did you approve *ALL* updates in the view? You should not be approving superseded updates; there's no reason to do so.
Lawrence Garvin, M.S., MCSA, MCITP:EA, MCDBA
SolarWinds Head Geek
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