How To Tell If A Certain Windows Update Is Installed

Question 1

In addition to systeminfo there is likewise wmic qfe

Example:

                wmic qfe get hotfixid | find "KB99999" wmic qfe | notice "KB99999"

At that place is also update.exe

Or from powershell, just adjust it for your needs:

                Get-WmiObject -query 'select * from win32_quickfixengineering' | foreach {$_.hotfixid}

Question 2

PowerShell 2.0 contains the get-hotfix cmdlet, which is an easy way to bank check if a given hotfix is installed on the local computer or a remote computer. An instance of the basic syntax is

                go-hotfix -id KB974332

Question 3

              wmic qfe listing /format:htable>C:\PatchList%Computername%.html

Higher up command volition give the output in html format.

vijayvijay xi 1 statuary badge · Answer · 2018-04-28 12:56:42Z

              wmic qfe listing /format:htable>C:\PatchList%Computername%.html

Higher up command volition give the output in html format.

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answered Apr 28, 2018 at 12:56

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Question 4

As someone asked nearly using wmic at a PowerShell prompt, only use Select-String (or sls).

wmic qfe get hotfixid | sls "KB99999"

Answer · 2018-07-30 13:57:04Z

As someone asked nearly using wmic at a PowerShell prompt, only use Select-String (or sls).

wmic qfe get hotfixid | sls "KB99999"

SkrapSkrap 738 half-dozen silver badges 7 bronze badges · Accepted Answer · 2011-04-27 11:17:49Z

In addition to systeminfo there is likewise wmic qfe

Example:

                wmic qfe get hotfixid | find "KB99999" wmic qfe | notice "KB99999"

At that place is also update.exe

Or from powershell, just adjust it for your needs:

                Get-WmiObject -query 'select * from win32_quickfixengineering' | foreach {$_.hotfixid}

jscott

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answered Apr 27, 2011 at eleven:17

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How I've done information technology in the past. Really easy with psexec, but continue in mind the find control might not work unless yous specify stdout instead of the weird hybrid crap wmic spits out on a regular basis. wmic /output:stdout qfe go hotfixid | find "KB99999".

Apr 27, 2011 at 11:59
Do I need to run it as administrator? Seems like other places tells me that I do demand. And then I want to check.

May 11, 2016 at 0:31
For whatever reason, using "discover" is giving me an incorrect format mistake. Tried unmarried and double quotes.

Sep 22, 2016 at 14:28
@Scott (and others who see the same problem): The PS find cmdlet requires a parameter. The find.exe you run from cmd does not.

Jan 10, 2018 at 15:11

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PowerShell 2.0 contains the get-hotfix cmdlet, which is an easy way to bank check if a given hotfix is installed on the local computer or a remote computer. An instance of the basic syntax is

                go-hotfix -id KB974332

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answered Feb 23, 2015 at 7:35

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This is not present in v4

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ccameccame ane,059 eleven argent badges 15 bronze badges · Answer 3 · 2011-04-27 11:12:50Z

run "systeminfo" in a CMD window and it will pull back a load of statistics about your arrangement including what patches are installed.

answered Apr 27, 2011 at eleven:12

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TonnyTonny six,242 1 gold badge 17 silver badges 31 bronze badges · Answer 4 · 2011-04-27 13:08:58Z

Some other possibilities: Grep %windir%\Windowsupdate.log for the KB number. Or use reg.exe to export the corresponding install keys.

answered Apr 27, 2011 at thirteen:08

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My Windows didn't come with grep. I have to use find.

Apr 27, 2011 at 13:50
@jscott: I know that grep is not-standard on Windows :-) Find or findstr would be more than suitable. But I used the give-and-take grep here as in "to grep" to indicate the process in stead of literally significant the utility "grep". Using grep as a verb is very common in the Unix circles I commonly operate in, so I used the term more or less without thinking it might look odd to a Windows guy.

April 28, 2011 at 10:41
Appreciate this is an one-time respond but the %windir%\Windowsupdate.log only seems to show updates for the by month. Possibly because information technology's configured to roll off later that time simply I'one thousand merely pointing out that in some cases non finding it in that log may not indicate it's absent from the system.

Jun 28, 2017 at one:09