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Nick Kavadias
Asked: 2009-09-29 16:48:46 +0800 CST

List all hotfixes applied to windows server

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There used to be a command line tool called QFECheck in Windows Server 2000 that would list them out. Is this the preferred method on windows server 2003/2008?

I know they're listed in Add/Remove programs, but it's hard to capture them for an audit this way.

Can i do this without having to install an add-on executable?

windows-server-2003

4 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    The following command(s) work in both the 'regular' command prompt and PowerShell, also for both Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008:

    wmic qfe get Hotfixid

    to find if a specific update was installed:

    wmic qfe | find "123456"

    It however does not provide any office updates (unfortunately), thought it's relatively easy now to just go to 'installed updates' and do a search for it... same as Windows updates, but the question specified it needed to be done from a command prompt.

    Powershell only command:

    Get-Hotfix -id kb123456
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  2. You can do it with Powershell:

    Get-ChildItem -Path “HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\HotFix”
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  3. PowerShell now includes the Get-HotFix command which is far easier to remember.

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  4. they are also listed under the windows directory.

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