WSUS - computers groups synchronization and updates view

Hi Technet,
I'm in front of stupid question I think but this is turning me mad.
1) In my WSUS, I'm creating sub-groups in order to separate new Products and Classifications updates and to apply them to my test computers pool.
Unfortunately, as you can see on my screenshot, these groups are empty.
I've checked the GPO created for these tests and everything is settled as for our other WSUS GPO, which are well synchronized to our server.
Here is the screenshot of GPO settings :
Here is what I've tried :
* Delete the computers group, recreated it and wait for 90 to 120 minutes for the DC to synchronize ---> Not OK.
* Force the sync with gpupdate /force on WSUS server ---> Not OK.
* Delete GPO and recreate them ---> Not OK.
What is strange is that it's not the first time I'm using side targeting and all other Computers Groups I have are well working.
Based on my first screenshot, my problem is on sub-groups under GVA_Test_Computers.
Is there anything I can try to have them get computers ?
2) For custom view I can create, (for example, I've created Office 2010 in the first screenshot) is it possible to keep them alive or do I have to recreate them everytime I'm connecting to the WSUS console ?
Many thanks.
TiGrOu.

I'm not entirely sure that I'm understanding, but, it sounds like you are battling with multiple GPOs, each GPO is trying to set the same client-side-targeting registry key to a different value.
If so, the "precedence" (link order) of the GPOs must be clearly understood.
If a computer is applying multiple GPOs, and, if each GPO is setting the same registry key (but to a different value), the GPO with the lowest precedence will "win".
This is not cumulative (the values do not append), the values are replaced each time a GPO is applied by the registry CSE.
So, if you have a computer that is a member of several AD security groups, and each security group is the control for a GPO, only the lowest precedence GPO will be resultant. (effectively, the last GPO to execute/apply, will be the resultant winner).
If you wish for this computer to have *all* of the client-side-targeting groups applied, you must construct a new security group and GPO, this will reflect the "merged" multiple-groups settings you desire.
e.g. create and link a GPO named "WSUS_Group1Group2Group3" which sets the values to be "Group1; Group2; Group3" and create an AD group for that security filter. Ensure that this GPO is Precedence=1. Add the computer to this AD group.
(1 is lowest, even though, visually, 1 is at the top of the list ;)
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/muaddib/archive/2012/08/22/determine-gpo-precedence-with-gpmc-gpresult.aspx
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh147307(v=ws.10).aspx
(the terms "lowest" and "highest", in this MS concept, relate to the value of the number, not the visual positioning within GPMC)
Or, have I misunderstood?
Don
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Hi Jan,
This is so because each installer has a GUID that is used to check whether the application needs to be upgraded or not. (It's a Microsoft function).
What you can do is create a new installer with a different GUID (copy the installer in the projects), and check witha text editor whether this GUID has changed.
But any specific reason you need two seperate installs? You can run the application twice with a specific INI token:
allowmultipleinstances=True
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Add fields to maintenance view and update then using events

Hi experts:
I've created a table with 4 fields, one of them is userid. Also, there is a maintenance view to add new entries.
I want to display user name when typing userid using events (1 or 21). I know how to do it if username is one of the fields of the table, but there is a requirement to not store username in the table, just userid.
My question is: is possible to add a field into the maintenance view and update it using events but not store the value in DB?.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Regards,
Carlos.

In the save event just clear the entries of the field(user name) in the internal table.

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