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November 9, 2015 16:03
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PowerShell script to list the pending/missing Windows updates.
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| $UpdateSession = New-Object -ComObject Microsoft.Update.Session | |
| $UpdateSearcher = $UpdateSession.CreateupdateSearcher() | |
| $Updates = @($UpdateSearcher.Search("IsHidden=0 and IsInstalled=0").Updates) | |
| $Updates | Select-Object Title |
Hello
This script shows optional updates as well
Is there any way to exclude optional updates?
I tried using $Updates = @($UpdateSearcher.Search("IsMandatory=0").Updates) but it throws OperationStopped: 0x80240032 error.
Thanks in advance.
You can find it like that:
$UpdateSession = New-Object -ComObject Microsoft.Update.Session
$UpdateSearcher = $UpdateSession.CreateupdateSearcher()
$Updates = @($UpdateSearcher.Search("IsHidden=0 and IsInstalled=0").Updates)
$Updates | Where-Object IsMandatory -eq $true | Select Title, IsMandatory
Thanks
Thanks @fliespl! ❤️
This appears to be actually skipping optional/recommended updates. I have update preview kb5011831 pending in WU on W10LTSC 21H2 19044.1348 but it is not in the list generated by UpdateSearcher. I've tried supplying empty criteria - still the same result. It does ignore the group policy for "skip drivers in WU" which is nice.
If u need to read from a software like Zabbix or just load in some api or application you can use this
Thanks, this was perfect!
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Great this script really helps.