Run windows update when server first boots up
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From: Andrew Weaver on 23 Mar 2010 14:57 Is there any command-line or other application I can run that will kickstart windows update? I am trying to avoid the manual task of going to the browser, etc. I'd like it to just go immediately to the downloading/updating part. Please advise. thanks, -Drew
From: Shenan Stanley on 23 Mar 2010 15:07 Andrew Weaver wrote: > Is there any command-line or other application I can run that will > kickstart windows update? > > I am trying to avoid the manual task of going to the browser, etc. > > I'd like it to just go immediately to the downloading/updating part. > > Please advise. Operating System? -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
From: Andrew Weaver on 23 Mar 2010 15:40 All 2k3s and all 2k8s including r2 x86/64. -Drew "Shenan Stanley" <newshelper(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:e2XZqwryKHA.5040(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > Andrew Weaver wrote: >> Is there any command-line or other application I can run that will >> kickstart windows update? >> >> I am trying to avoid the manual task of going to the browser, etc. >> >> I'd like it to just go immediately to the downloading/updating part. >> >> Please advise. > > Operating System? > > -- > Shenan Stanley > MS-MVP > -- > How To Ask Questions The Smart Way > http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html >
From: PA Bear [MS MVP] on 23 Mar 2010 19:32 How do you know "windows update" doesn't already run at boot? Andrew Weaver wrote: > All 2k3s and all 2k8s including r2 x86/64. > -Drew > > "Shenan Stanley" <newshelper(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > news:e2XZqwryKHA.5040(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >> Andrew Weaver wrote: >>> Is there any command-line or other application I can run that will >>> kickstart windows update? >>> >>> I am trying to avoid the manual task of going to the browser, etc. >>> >>> I'd like it to just go immediately to the downloading/updating part. >>> >>> Please advise. >> >> Operating System? >> >> -- >> Shenan Stanley >> MS-MVP >> -- >> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way >> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
From: Harry Johnston [MVP] on 23 Mar 2010 20:11
On 2010-03-24 7:57 a.m., Andrew Weaver wrote: > Is there any command-line or other application I can run that will > kickstart windows update? I think perhaps you want something like my script: <http://www.scms.waikato.ac.nz/~harry/wsusupdate.vbs> http://www.scms.waikato.ac.nz/~harry/wsusupdate.vbs This downloads and installs all available updates. It's designed for use with WSUS, but should also work with Windows/Microsoft Update. Note that it is intended for command-line use (cscript, not wscript) and to be called from another script or batch file which will check the return code for errors. Harry. > > I am trying to avoid the manual task of going to the browser, etc. > > I'd like it to just go immediately to the downloading/updating part. > > Please advise. > > thanks, > -Drew > -- Harry Johnston http://harryjohnston.wordpress.com |