LKBEN10576: Submit an immediate check for WSUS update per commandline
LKB | Created: 02/04/2020 | Version: 0 | Language: EN | Rating: 0 | Outdated: False | Marked for deletion: False
Author: Wim Peeters - Keskon GmbH & Co. KG
Symptom
You have to wait quite long before WSUS shows activity
Cause
This is by design. To speed up things WSUS can be used with command line parameters.
Solution
To check for patches without waiting you can use:
wuauclt.exe /detectnow -> this will do a detect for patches
For generating a client report you use:
wuauclt.exe /reportnow -> this will generate a report for the mom server
And some others:
wuauclt.exe /resetauthorization /detectnow -> this will reset your authorisationwuauclt.exe /DemoUI -> test for your systray
wuauclt.exe /ShowSettingsDialog -> shows the settings dialog
About the Author
Wim Peeters is electronics engineer with an additional master in IT and over 30 years of experience including time spent in support, development, consulting, training and database administration. Wim has worked with SQL Server since version 6.5. He has developed in C/C++, Java and C# on Windows and Linux in different European countries and different European languages. He writes knowledge base articles to solve IT problems and publishes them on the Lubby Knowledge Platform where he is one of the most important contributors and the main developer.