Wmic command list updates

If the software installation methods follow deployment best practices and utilize Windows Installer MSI subsystem, then installed updates for such software can be retrieved by querying Windows Installer database.

This will not include updates for Windows OS components. Office Office Exchange Server. Not an IT pro? I have recently been trying to find a way to export a list of some, but not all installed Windows Updates and patches on a Windows server. WMIC is a Windows command that has been available in Windows for a long time and has become a tool that can perform many kinds of actions and queries.

Microsoft has created a tool called Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer that helps you determine the security state in accordance with Microsoft security recommendations and offers specific remediation guidance, but I have not tried it to see if all patches and updates are exported. That is usually an indication that the update did not install correctly or fully.

You can name the. That way when you create the file, it will generate directly on the desktop. Thx a lot. Correct me if I'm wrong: this will only display "Microsoft Windows" related updates OS updates and not other programs such Microsoft Office or any other, right? I've been "googling" and so far, nothing found. Hi, Mirobaldogalho. Sorry for such a late reply. You are right. A switch is a WMIC option that you can set globally or optionally.

For a list of available switches, see WMIC switches. To use verbs in WMIC, enter the alias name followed by the verb. If an alias doesn't support a verb, you receive the message "provider is not capable of the attempted operation. The results are instances associated with the object. By default the output is returned in HTML format. Creates a new instance, and sets the property values. Assigns values to properties. Global switches are used to set defaults for the WMIC environment.

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