package to start windows update??

Tom Lyczko

Updated March 01, 2017 16:51

All our computers are set up for to automatic updates via WSUS during the wee hours of the morning.

However some computers or notebooks aren't turned on often enough for this, we want to tell them to start doing updates regardless what time it is.

I created a package with this command:

c:\windows\system32\wuauclt.exe /detectnow /updatenow

This doesn't seem to do anything, why??

Running it with administrator account/rights via PDQ Deploy.

What am I doing wrong here??
Should it be a batch file or something else??

PDQ says it runs but I don't see any evidence of anything happening on the computer itself as I watch a test computer in my room.

Thank you, Tom

4 comments

Permanently deleted user
March 01, 2017 17:21

Are you running that command in a Command step?

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Tom Lyczko
March 01, 2017 17:26

Yes.

I created a package with this command:

c:\windows\system32\wuauclt.exe /detectnow /updatenow

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Permanently deleted user
March 01, 2017 17:48

It looks like wuauclt.exe isn't supposed to return any output. https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/3a135ae3-3e69-4086-802e-2a7b59460b16/wuauclt-and-other-questions-about-wsus?forum=winserverwsus

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Pushpak Patil
March 02, 2017 04:25
In command step enter below code, and run as logged on user.
```
wuauclt.exe /detectnow
wuauclt.exe /updatenow
```
It Works for me.
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