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Mar 9, 2009
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Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I List All Updates That Have Been Added to a Computer?

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Hey, Scripting Guy! We have Windows Update configured on all our workstations at work. Automatically, the workstations check for new updates, and download and install the updates that are required. This happens without user intervention, or from intervention on the part of our small and overworked IT department. Here is the problem. The pointy-he...

Scripting Guy!Windows PowerShellclient-side management
Sep 30, 2005
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How Can I Determine if a Particular Patch is Installed?

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Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I use a script to determine if a particular patch has been installed?-- GM Hey, GM. You know, not too long ago this would have been a question we might have “accidentally” dropped in the wastebasket and pretended never to have seen. Why? Well, back in the old days the only way to get information about patches, hot fix...

Scripting Guy!VBScriptclient-side management
Aug 24, 2005
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How Can I Determine When the Last Patch From Windows Update was Applied?

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Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I determine when the last patch from Windows Update was applied?-- JP Hey, JP. You know, you picked a good time to ask this question; that’s because we just published a Tales from the Script column that introduces scripters to the Windows Update object model, and provides a number of sample scripts for managing Automa...

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