WSUS server and client configuration issues

I just inherited WSUS from my predecessor (it was turned off because of a full disk) so I’m still learning how to use it. Turning it back on I changed where updates should come from, they were stored locally and now I’m pulling them down off of the Microsoft
Update location. What I’m seeing is that I have a bunch of computers that WSUS “sees” but are showing “Failed or Needed” status. Unless I visit each machine and manually do the updates this status does not change. Additionally I have some client computers
(Windows 7) that are not showing up as managed by WSUS. If I reading this right I’m running version Update Services 6.2.9200.16384 on Management Console 3.0 Version 6.2 (build 9200) on Windows Server 2012.
How can I force WSUS to automatically update the “Failed and Needed” devices?
How can I get those clients that are not being managed by WSUS to be managed?
Some of the things that I have done so far on the server and clients are:
Create a GPO (see attached for WSUS)
wuauclt
/detectnow
wuauclt /reportnow
wuauclt.exe /detectnow
gpupdate /force after
modifying the GPO
I even ran the SolarWinds WSUS diagnostic (as a non-administrator) and got this as the output:
# Solarwinds® Diagnostic Tool for the WSUS Agent # 1/23/2015
Machine state
User rights: User does not have administrative rights (Administrator rights are not available)
Update service status: Running
Background Intelligent Transfer service status:
Running
OS Version: Windows 8.1 Pro
Windows update agent version:   7.9.9600.17489 (WU Agent is OK)
Windows Update Agent configuration settings
Automatic Update:    Enabled
Options: Automatically download and notify of installation
Use WSUS Server: Not found (There is no such key)
Windows Update Server: Not found (There is no such key)
Windows Update Status Server: Not found (There is no such key)
WSUS URLs are identical: Values are empty
WSUS Server Connectivity -- Connectivity check is impossible
So, my questions are:
What tool do I use to configure the client machine?
How do I get WSUS to update my clients?
Thanks
Sam

Steven,
I'm pretty sure that this is not the right forum to discuss this in but just so we can close this case.
On my computer I ran the command gpupdate /force I
then rebooted my computer to make sure that the group policy would be updated. The first screen shot is from my domain controller and the second is from my computer. As you can see the Domain Controller has the correct settings but the local machine doesn't.
Other parts of the DC GPO settings have worked so I'm somewhat comfortable that it is being propagated properly.

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