I want Windows Update to automatically download and install updates on my Vista machine, however I don't want to be bothered by the system tray reboot prompts (which can, at best, only be postponed by 4 hours). I have performed the registry hack described here to prevent Windows forcibly rebooting my machine, which is a good start. Howe...
I'm specifically interested in Windows 2000/XP, but Vista would be interesting too (if different). I was thinking along the lines of task scheduling a batch file or equivalent on a daily basis. EDIT: Sorry, I should have provided more info. The question pertains to 10 machines which I manually apply updates. I don't want to install the...
Hi all, I was curious if there's a .Net API that would allow me to identify what updates are pending for "Windows Update," failing that, is there a windows powershell command that can get it? ...
I am using the Windows Update API to update a bunch of VM's. With Windows Update comes the inevitable reboots. Can anyone think of a way that I could tell from a remote server if the windows box has indeed finished its reboot? All ideas or thoughts would appreciated. EDIT: Because the VM's are in Lab Manager and using a fenced configura...
Is there any API for writing a C# program that could interface with Windows update, and use it to selectively install certain updates? I'm thinking somewhere along the lines of storing a list in a central repository of approved updates. Then the client side applications (which would have to be installed once) would interface with Windo...
At the office, when I leave for the night I very rarely log off or reboot. I simply lock my workstation and go home, leaving all my development tools exactly how I left them. If Windows-Update rolls through and reboots my machine in the middle of the night I'm only slightly peeved because when I log back in the next morning, any MS Off...
For testing our product's installer, I maintain a tree of virtual machine snapshots with different previous versions installed. It is a tedious task to do Windows Update, re-snapshot, delete parent snapshot on each VM. Is there an automated solution for keeping a group of VMs up-to-date? I use VirtualBox but have access to VMware Workst...
It seems that every time Windows auto-installs security updates, all of our secure sites return "connection was reset..." messages. After I remove and reapply new self-signed SSL certificates, the sites are back up and running. All of our sites with Verisign or Network Solutions certs are never affected by these updates. 2 questions: ...
Posting this so this can be here for others. Just noticed - today that I have been in a cycle of downloading KB971092 and installing with reboot. 7 times - 350Mb file. fsk! Hotfix KB 971092 for Visual Studio 2008 SP1 install problems ...
Hi, Since last weekend there is a problem logging in on our vendor site with IE only. In FF3 and Chrome it works fine. This is a simple ASP.NET (1.1) site using the following code for the login button: <asp:button id="btnLogin" runat="server" CssClass="dll-button" Text="Login"> </asp:button> In HTML this is converted to <input typ...
I just installed Visual Studio 2008 TS and SQL Server 2005 Enterprise and I get a bunch on Office 2007 updates in Windows Update. I don't even have office installed. Should I: Just install the updates (~20MB only) Don't install and hide them (possible security issue) Uninstall to get rid of those updates I already uninstalled some ...
Class documentation here. The InstalledOn property is supposed to have a timestamp of (well, duh) when the fix was installed. But the doc doesn't say what's the format. I get something unintelligible, but it clearly means something. "01ca56402c180b70" is very obvious a hex number, but of what? And another thing: why do the first few ite...
When will the .NET 4 Client Profile be pushed out over Windows Update? Is there a published timeframe, or do we have any educated guesses? Scott Hanselman said "later this year." ...
Greetings, today before I start working on my application I updated my WinXP. After all updates have been installed my WCF service stop working. There is a following error when I try to open service.svc file in the browser: Configuration Error Description: An error occurred during the processing of a configuration file required to se...
Hello, Our product is installed in Windows machines all over the world, with our latest version we need to ensure that Internet Explorer is upgraded to version 8. Is there an executable that we can distribute that will work on any windows (starting from XP and 2003) and on any language, and will ensure the correct setup is downloaded and...