Automate Windows Updates

[probedrone]

I'm sure you smart people have done it before

So can anyone give me the safest way to run windows updates? I prefere not to go through IE

[Xenobiologist]

HI,

Start --> Help & support --> update ?

Or what do you mean?

So long,

Mega

[probedrone]

Well same problem as before I cant really automate the button clicks, say for choosing "express" install

[pootie tang]

Well same problem as before I cant really automate the button clicks, say for choosing "express" install

There are a couple of posted on this topic. Best one I've seen and used is to use the Windows Update Agent API to write a VBScript to automate the process

Edited August 29, 2006 by pootie tang

[Danny35d]

just to get you start it....

This is a script to deploy patches or windows updates....

and this other one is so you can download all needed windows updates or even office updates

[rmarino]

If this is in a corporate setting then Microsoft WSUS is the way to go. You have a lot more control by running this server add on.

[diveboy]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU]
"NoAutoUpdate"=dword:00000000
"AUOptions"=dword:00000003
"UseWUServer"=dword:00000001
"DetectionFrequencyEnabled"=dword:00000001
"DetectionFrequency"=dword:00000001
"RebootWarningTimeout"=dword:00000001
"RebootWarningTimeoutEnabled"=00000001

these are the reg keys of interest, read the following link for their use.

MS WSUS REG KEYS

[probedrone]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU]
"NoAutoUpdate"=dword:00000000
"AUOptions"=dword:00000003
"UseWUServer"=dword:00000001
"DetectionFrequencyEnabled"=dword:00000001
"DetectionFrequency"=dword:00000001
"RebootWarningTimeout"=dword:00000001
"RebootWarningTimeoutEnabled"=00000001

these are the reg keys of interest, read the following link for their use.

MS WSUS REG KEYS

Hmmm I dont have that in my registry...

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU

[gcriaco]

Here is a very simple code to deploy Windows XP patches contained in a folder with just one click.

You can provide the path of the folder containing the patches from command-line or choose it from the GUI.

Hope it's useful for some of you.

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Local $i,$sPatch, $sFolder

If $CMDLINE[0] = 0 Then
    $sFolder = FileSelectFolder("Select the Windows Patches folder", "")
    If @error = 1 Then Exit
Else
    $sFolder = $CMDLINE[1]
EndIf

; Shows the filenames of all files in the current directory.
$search = FileFindFirstFile($sFolder & "\WindowsXP-*.exe")  

; Check if the search was successful
If $search = -1 Then
    MsgBox(0, "Error", "No files/directories matched the search pattern")
    Exit
EndIf

While 1
    $file = FileFindNextFile($search) 
    If @error Then ExitLoop
    
    RunWait($sFolder & "\" & $file & " /passive /norestart")
    
    $i = $i + 1
    If $i <= 10 Then $sPatch = $sPatch & $file & @CRLF
    if $i = 11 Then $sPatch = $sPatch & "...and more..."
WEnd

; Close the search handle
FileClose($search)

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;MsgBox features: Title=Yes, Text=Yes, Buttons=Yes and No, Icon=Info
If Not IsDeclared("iMsgBoxAnswer") Then Dim $iMsgBoxAnswer
$iMsgBoxAnswer = MsgBox(68,"WinPatch","Done! The following " & $i & " patches have been installed:" & @CRLF & @CRLF & $sPatch _
    & @CRLF & @CRLF & "Do you want to reboot Windows now?")
Select
    Case $iMsgBoxAnswer = 6 ;Yes
        Shutdown(2)
    Case $iMsgBoxAnswer = 7 ;No
        ;Continue
EndSelect
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