I have a Windows box I would like to manage remotely. When I logged in this morning, the Start menu shows a ! next to the Shutdown button, notifying me there are updates to install. But the only option it gives me to install the updates is to then shutdown. Is there not a way to tell it to "install updates and restart" ?
I am wondering, what is the best way to automatically update a new installation of Windows (Windows 7)?
When I manually update a new install of Windows 7 SP1, I get about 45 updates. Installing those is not the problem, but after installing those, up come new updates. One installs them and then again: new updates and so on. All together it takes a long time - and you have to come back every few minutes to check for new updates and install them.
So, how is that done in business / how to automate this? Is WSUS a good way for this or does it only cache updates locally?
Using WSUS, is it possible to force immediate install of updates, reboot and install more updates automatically?
WSUS wouldn't help me, if updates are only installed when the system is shutdown, because then it again would require user interaction (shutting down the system, wait for reboot, shutdown again...).
Thanks for any hint!
I'm having an issue on my server when working with my VM guests, and I think its due to a recently installed update. What is the correct command to uninstall Windows Updates from either the command prompt, or Powershell?
I'm finding that most users ignore the "There are updates ready to be installed, click here to install" message that WSUS pushes out. Until now we haven't forced the install but I'm thinking about changing the group policy to enforce updates nightly. This will sometimes require a reboot which I want to enforce through GP as well.
I know there will be push-back from the users but am wondering if this is defendable best practice. It seems like the right thing to do to ensure PCs are up to date and secure.
Is it possible to install windows updates from the command-line? The graphical update tool doesn't seem to work so well in Windows 7. Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't... My problem is that I can't see any updates when I click to see the details list. So when there are updates that are not checked off by default, I can't install them...
So, is there an other way I can get those installed?