SCE 2007 Computer not yet contacted

I have just installed Microsoft System Centre Essentials 2007 and the one server that I would have thought would appear in the console correctly (The SCE Server itself) did not.  When looking at the console the computer appears as unknown with a status of not yet contacted.  This indicates that the Windows Update Agent on the client has not yet contacted the SCE server.  To force this:

1.  First, check that the client is configured to use the SCE server for Windows Updates.  The following registry entries should be set to https://<SCEServerFQDN>:8531

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\windows\WindowsUpdate\WUServer

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\windows\WindowsUpdate\WUStatusServer

2.  If the above registry keys are not set correctly, and you are using the Domain Group Policy option, run “gpupdate /force” to refresh the settings.

3.  Once the above registry key is correct, you can force the client to contact the server by running “wuauclt -detectnow” on the client.