Force windows update

[Red Squirrel]

What is the best way to force a windows update off a wsus server?

I tried wuauclt /detectnow but it seems to be hit and miss. Sometimes it works, sometimes it does not, and there's zero output from that command, even /? does not do anything.

 

[stash]

wuauclt /detectnow should always work.

The output you're looking for is c:\windows\windowupdate.log.

 

[JackBurton]

Originally posted by: stash
wuauclt /detectnow should always work.

The output you're looking for is c:\windows\windowupdate.log.

Also set a deadline on your updates. If you set it for a date in the past, it will start deploying the update stat.

 

[Red Squirrel]

hmm I'll try that. Would putting the clock ahead work as well?

 

[stash]

If the machine is a member of a domain, you should never adjust the clock manually.

 

[Snapster]

Have you specified the correct upload location in the group policy for that machine ?

 

[Red Squirrel]

I'm not the one who sets up the policies but I assume so. I did gpupdate /detectnow. It eventually works when I do wuauclt /detectnow, its just I get zero indication of if something even happened. Now that I know about the log it helps a bit, bit it only seems to log once it did an update.

Keep in mind these are brand new installs so it's all the same, basically the process is to reimage, move pc into right OU, login and run gpupdate /detectnow, then run windows update.