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Too bad this script doesn't work!
The latest versions of windows update don't store the installs in the location that this script uses (c:\program files\WindowsUpdate\wuaudnld.tmp\cabs\) Rather they are stored in %windir%\SoftwareDistribution\Download\*\ I put the star there because the installs are put in subdirectories with seemingly random alpha-numeric character strings. The updates are then sometimes stored in an update subfolder, sometimes not. The Executable is usually named update.exe and the relevant KB number is in the file name of a .cat file. But sometimes the exe is by itself. All in all I don't see this script being useful at all without a MAJOR rewrite, and I don't know KIX well enought to attempt it.

I will continue to use WSUS to pull down my updates and show me what needs to go where, and have the patches applied nightly at 3:00am
Posted by tsadowski
26th Aug 2005