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Hey, Scripting Guy! Can I Determine Which Servers Have Specific Hotfixes Installed?

September 10, 2009 Sep 10, 2009 09/10/09

ScriptingGuy1

Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a text file that contains a number of computer names. I would like to read that text file, query each computer in the list, and find out the status of a particular hotfix. If I could write the information to a text file, it would be even better. Here is the deal; there was a recent security update that was ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! Can I Read a Text File and Use It to Query Servers?

August 26, 2009 Aug 26, 2009 08/26/09

ScriptingGuy1

 Hey Scripting Guy! I need to generate a list of hotfixes that are installed on my servers. I have 100 servers on the network for which I am responsible. Each of the server names is listed in a text file called servers.txt. I need a way to read the text file and then query each of the servers. Can you help me?-- GMHello GM, Microsoft ...