Running PowerShell as administrator, Update-Help fails with a long list of modules. So I'm guessing the help server cannot be reached. How can I tell which server is unreachable?
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Update-Help
Update-Help : Failed to update Help for the module(s) 'ActiveDirectory, AppBackgroundTask, AppLocker, AppvClient, Appx, AssignedAccess, BestPractices, BitLocker,
BitsTransfer, BranchCache, CimCmdlets, ClusterAwareUpdating, Defender, DirectAccessClientComponents, Dism, DnsClient, DnsServer, FailoverClusters, GroupPolicy,
HgsClient, International, iSCSI, IscsiTarget, ISE, Microsoft.PowerShell.Archive, Microsoft.PowerShell.Core, Microsoft.PowerShell.Diagnostics,
Microsoft.PowerShell.Host, Microsoft.PowerShell.LocalAccounts, Microsoft.PowerShell.Management, Microsoft.PowerShell.ODataUtils,
Microsoft.PowerShell.Operation.Validation, Microsoft.PowerShell.Security, Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility, Microsoft.WSMan.Management, MMAgent, MsDtc, MSMQ, NetAdapter,
NetEventPacketCapture, NetLbfo, NetLldpAgent, NetNat, NetQos, NetSecurity, NetSwitchTeam, NetTCPIP, NetworkController, NetworkControllerDiagnostics,
PackageManagement, PnpDevice, PowerShellGet, PrintManagement, ProcessMitigations, Provisioning, PSDesiredStateConfiguration, PSReadline, PSScheduledJob, PSWorkflow,
PSWorkflowUtility, RemoteAccess, RemoteDesktop, ScheduledTasks, SecureBoot, ShieldedVMDataFile, ShieldedVMTemplate, StartLayout, Storage, StorageQoS, StorageReplica,
TLS, TroubleshootingPack, TrustedPlatformModule, UEV, UpdateServices, WebAdministration, WindowsDeveloperLicense, WindowsErrorReporting, WindowsSearch,
WindowsUpdate, WindowsUpdateProvider' with UI culture(s) {en-US} : Unable to connect to Help content. The server on which Help content is stored might not be
available. Verify that the server is available, or wait until the server is back online, and then try the command again.
At line:1 char:1
+ Update-Help
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [Update-Help], Exception
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : UnableToConnect,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.UpdateHelpCommand
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> $PSVersionTable
Name Value
---- -----
PSVersion 5.1.16299.666
PSEdition Desktop
PSCompatibleVersions {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}
BuildVersion 10.0.16299.666
CLRVersion 4.0.30319.42000
WSManStackVersion 3.0
PSRemotingProtocolVersion 2.3
SerializationVersion 1.1.0.1
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> ([Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal] [Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent()).IsInRole( [Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole]"Administrator")
True
Followed some advice from the following, but problem not yet solved: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/39834452/powershell-fails-with-update
Edit: In reference to the "duplicate question" please see that question and answer. It does not parallel my question in that I was asking how to know the site that is not available for the update help to function. The other question was asking about specific modules, and their answer suggested correctly perhaps those modules don't have help. In my case, it's pretty clear most of the modules have help, I just can't access them and am asking how to know on which sites the help files exist.
