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The answer is that WUSUCLT has been replaced with usoclient:
How can I tell if `wuauclt` is doing anything?
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Todd Chester
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Hi All,
W10Pro-21H2
I have a customer who need to have their updates and reboots done at a specific time.
How can I tell is "wuauclt" has actually done something? All it does it return to the next line on the command line. I can ever give it junk on the command line and it does not error out or complain.
Many thanks,
-T
rem echo off
rem run a forced M$ Update and rebboot
rem References:
rem https://www.itechtics.com/run-windows-update-cmd/
rem https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2768125/start-a-disabled-windows-service
rem https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/4499-start-stop-disable-services-windows-10-a.html
rem https://bobr.pw/en/it/windows/wuauclt-exe-keys-command-line-parameters
rem https://superuser.com/questions/690287/command-prompt-in-administrator-mode-doesnt-see-mapped-drives
rem net use K: \\rn6\CDs
sc.exe config wuauserv start= demand
net start wuauserv
wuauclt /detectnow /updatenow
net stop wuauserv
sc.exe config wuauserv start= disabled
rem shutdown /r /f /t 00
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3ly_1224 0 Reputation points2024-09-28T07:32:45.06+00:00 Is there a way to do the same command but for enabling the updates? I can't tell if that disabled or enabled my updates but its already disabled, how do i do this?
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Todd Chester 666 Reputation points
2021-12-29T10:10:37.473+00:00 -
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Rita Hu -MSFT 9,641 Reputation points2022-01-05T02:50:21.877+00:00 @Todd Chester
Thanks for your sharing on this forum.You are right. The WUSUCLT has been replaced with usoclient. I don't found the Offical Document about the usoclient. But one thing could be confirm that the WUSUCLT has been replaced with usoclient in windows 10.
Thanks for your sharing on this forum. Don't forget to accept your answer. I believe it is helpful for others who have the same issue.
Thanks for your time and have a great holiday.
Regards,
Rita
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Adam J. Marshall 9,386 Reputation points MVP2021-12-27T04:43:43.867+00:00 Stop using old, outdated commands.
https://www.ajtek.ca/wsus/does-wuauclt-exe-detectnow-reportnow-work/
Your best bet is to change the way you think about updates - https://www.ajtek.ca/wsus/how-to-setup-manage-and-maintain-wsus-part-4-creating-your-gpos-for-an-inheritance-setup/
Setup active hours, tell it to install daily at a time when the systems will be on, and the systems will only install updates WHEN the updates have been approved and downloaded in WSUS.
If you DON'T want them to update until a specific day, don't approve the updates until that day.
Windows systems will check in, download, install, and restart outside of active hours.
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Todd Chester 666 Reputation points
2021-12-27T06:19:57.327+00:00 Thank you for the link to the new commands. The updates in this situation do not follow with the scheduling options as there is only a one hour window that the five machines can be rebooted and not loose a ton of business, so your well meaning response was of no help, but then again, yo did not have a complete understanding of the problem.
The user is under PCI (Payment Card Industry) requirements to allow M$'s miserable updates, so they can not be disabled. If not for PCI, I would turn them off completely and only run them every so many months or so. And as far a viruses are concerned, a good paid anti antivirus is much more effective than M$'s updates. By the way, I do the build updates manually from the ISO file. The automatic method crashes their computers too much, again at a financial loss.
The "download, install, and restart outside of active hours" which is already in place and is killing them financially. And the users do not have the technical expertise to manually do updates themselves, not to mention that the during the windows of opportunity, they are asleep.
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Adam J. Marshall 9,386 Reputation points MVP
2021-12-28T05:07:35.803+00:00 The download and the install should NOT affect anything - you SHOULD be able to force a restart at a specific time using Scheduled install time: and set it to outside the active hours ALONG with Scheduled install day: 0 - Every day, 4 - Auto download and schedule the install, Every week Enabled, and Allow Automatic Updates immediate installation Enabled.
I have this for my servers on my automatic ring and it works well.
Approve the updates and watch as the systems restart.