Portlock Windows Update Manager
Another tool has been released from Portlock, called "Portlock Windows Update Manager". This allows the ability to download Windows Updates without IE or any browser for that matter, while giving you the ability to download and install at a later date if desired.
Also allows you to configure your update settings to enable/disable auto updates, export detailed XML files on update history and view installed and un-installed updates.
I find myself using this tool rather then IE for most of my systems, especially server core platforms. No worrying about security risks with IE. If your running a server core system then you have no user interface, which means you are running a check for updates from the command line. This command is not difficult, but does not provide any detailed information regarding my past updates, current updates, etc.
Example scripts (server core command line):
Enable automatic updates - "cscript c:\windows\system32\scregedit.wsf /AU 4"
Disable automatic updates - "cscript c:\windows\system32\scregedit.wsf /AU 1"
These are obviously not terribly long scripts, but why bother memorizing them. Or take the time to track them down. I just picked two quick examples, there are some highly more complex scripts involved with server core systems then the ones provided, and for the most part, all of which are taken care of by Portlock Windows Update Manager. This tool can be found from the link above or from Portlock SMART Suite for Windows.
Posted by Matt at 12:55 PM
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