Batch script for windows update

WuInstall is a command line tool for Windows which enables you to install Windows updates for a certain workstation in a controlled way, by using a command line script instead of the standard Windows update functionality. To continue this discussion, please ask a new question. Get answers from your peers along with millions of IT pros who visit Spiceworks. Any scripting gurus out there to help would be great, hope I am not asking too much! Popular Topics in General Windows.

Spiceworks Help Desk. The help desk software for IT. Track users' IT needs, easily, and with only the features you need. Learn More ». Posted May 4, Thanks myselfidem for your time and efforts to help me out. Thanks myselfidem the scrripts works fine. Posted May 5, Posted May 6, What Folder are u talking Abt. Posted May 7, It skipped the first. Posted May 7, edited. I haven't seen this before! I've updated my last posts!

Once again i thank all who helped me. Posted May 8, Create an account or sign in to comment You need to be a member in order to leave a comment Create an account Sign up for a new account in our community. Register a new account. Sign in Already have an account? Sign In Now. Add-WUOfflineSync — the function allows you to install updates from the local cache using the file wsusscan. Allows you to select categories of updates, specific updates and specify the rules for restarting the computer when installing updates.

Get-WURebootStatus — allows you to check whether a reboot is necessary to apply a specific update. Get-WUList — lists the updates that meet the specified criteria, allows you to find and install the desired update. Hide-WUUpdate — allows you to hide certain updates from the installation. Remove-WUServiceManager — remove update server. Get a List of Available Updates for the Computer List the available updates for your computer on the update server:.

If you want to scan your computer on Microsoft Update servers besides Windows updates, these servers contain Office updates and other products on the Internet, run the following command:.

To remove certain products or specific packages from the list of updates your computer receives, you can exclude them by:. The AcceptAll key includes installation approval for all packages, and IgnoreReboot suppresses automatic restarts of Windows after installing updates. To automate the installation of updates with exceptions on multiple computers, you can use the following script:.

The module allows you to remotely start the installation of updates on several computers at once or on a server the PSWindowsUpdate module should be present on the computers. This is especially convenient, as it allows the administrator not to go manually to all servers during the scheduled installation of updates. The following command will install all available updates on three remote servers:. Using the Get-WUHistory command, you can get a list of updates installed on your computer earlier.

You can get information about the date of installation of a specific update:. To obtain information about the presence of an installed update on several remote computers, you can use the following code:. To remove updates, use the Remove-WindowsUpdate cmdlet. To postpone the automatic restart of the computer, you can add the —NoRestart key:. It will try to find packages. After few moments, Chocolatey GUI will list the packages with similar names. It will then download and install the package for you.

Chocolatey GUI does not allow to install multiple packages in one go at this time, unfortunately. That means we need to rely on Chocolatey for this task. You can add as many packages as you require to install at a time, but do note to provide correct package names, else Chocolatey may show an error. Chocolatey GUI works well with updating packages in the same way it works well with installing packages. You can update packages in the single or batch mode per your preference.