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    Updating Windows from the Command Line

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      scottalanmiller @Lakshmana
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      @Lakshmana said in Updating Windows from the Command Line:

      @scottalanmiller I tried this command in Windows 10 no reply

      It should be silent.

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        thwr @scottalanmiller
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        @scottalanmiller @Lakshmana Absolutely silent. No output at all. There are other ways to monitor the actual behavior (Windows event log, WSUS, ...)

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          IRJ
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          It would be a nightmare to do this on a medium to large size network without WSUS control. It is a good command for updating a pc here or there.

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            thwr @IRJ
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            @IRJ said in Updating Windows from the Command Line:

            It would be a nightmare to do this on a medium to large size network without WSUS control. It is a good command for updating a pc here or there.

            You will most probably have some means of deploying updates in larger environments, like WSUS or something bigger like SCCM.

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              IRJ @thwr
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              @thwr said in Updating Windows from the Command Line:

              @IRJ said in Updating Windows from the Command Line:

              It would be a nightmare to do this on a medium to large size network without WSUS control. It is a good command for updating a pc here or there.

              You will most probably have some means of deploying updates in larger environments, like WSUS or something bigger like SCCM.

              Yeah sir. I was just adding that comment in case a rookie admin sees this post and tries to send the command out to the whole network.

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                thwr @IRJ
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                @IRJ said in Updating Windows from the Command Line:

                @thwr said in Updating Windows from the Command Line:

                @IRJ said in Updating Windows from the Command Line:

                It would be a nightmare to do this on a medium to large size network without WSUS control. It is a good command for updating a pc here or there.

                You will most probably have some means of deploying updates in larger environments, like WSUS or something bigger like SCCM.

                Yeah sir. I was just adding that comment in case a rookie admin sees this post and tries to send the command out to the whole network.

                🙂

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                  scottalanmiller
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                  It's just for those cases where you need to push the updates before getting started with something 🙂

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                    IRJ @scottalanmiller
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                    @scottalanmiller said in Updating Windows from the Command Line:

                    It's just for those cases where you need to push the updates before getting started with something 🙂

                    I dont want to see a thread saying I pushed this out to 500 PCs in the middle of the day and my network is toast....lol

                    😂

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                      thwr @IRJ
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                      @IRJ said in Updating Windows from the Command Line:

                      @thwr said in Updating Windows from the Command Line:

                      @IRJ said in Updating Windows from the Command Line:

                      It would be a nightmare to do this on a medium to large size network without WSUS control. It is a good command for updating a pc here or there.

                      You will most probably have some means of deploying updates in larger environments, like WSUS or something bigger like SCCM.

                      Yeah sir. I was just adding that comment in case a rookie admin sees this post and tries to send the command out to the whole network.

                      You mean like

                      Invoke-Command -ComputerName (Get-ADComputer -filter * | Select -Expand Name) -Script { wuactl.... }
                      

                      (DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME WORK)

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                        thwr
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                        http://www.toodarkpark.org/computers/humor/shoot-self-in-foot.html

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                          StrongBad
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                          A little network traffic is good for keeping users on their toes. Remind them that you are doing things.

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                            alex.olynyk
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                            its nice to see the windows administration tag, good stuff coming in

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                              scottalanmiller @alex.olynyk
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                              @alex.olynyk said in Updating Windows from the Command Line:

                              its nice to see the windows administration tag, good stuff coming in

                              No official page yet, but getting some little nuggets ready as I am working towards some stuff. 😉

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                                nadnerB @scottalanmiller
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                                @scottalanmiller said in Updating Windows from the Command Line:

                                Keeping a system up to date is very important and doing so from the command line can be one of the easiest ways to do this on Windows.

                                Updating a Windows system, server or desktop, can be as simple as running this command as an administrator:

                                wuauclt.exe /detectnow /updatenow
                                

                                If you only want to look for the latest updates without applying them, you can just run:

                                wuauclt.exe /detectnow
                                

                                Also:
                                wuauclt.exe /a /detectnow

                                (/ResetAuthorization)

                                http://ss64.com/nt/wuauclt.html

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