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WSUS and Windows 10 Clients – UsoClient.exe

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So, you deploy a GPO to Window 10 clients, but your in a hurry to get the clients to check in…

As a SysAdmin for many years I would log on to a client, open command prompt and type :

wuauclt /detectnow  (Windows 7 / Windows Server 2008/2012 clients)

 

In Windows 10 you will notice that it doesn’t do anything and doesn’t show you anything. (As shown above)

(confirmed on https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/yongrhee/2017/11/09/wuauclt-detectnow-in-windows-10-and-windows-server-2016/)

An example of “Whats New” in Windows 10, and Windows Server 2016 To check or scan “Windows Update” from the command prompt :
CMD (Run As Administrator)
c:\windows\system32\

UsoClient.exe startscan

And there is more switches….

  1. StartScan – Used To Start Scan
  2. StartDownload – Used to Start Download of Patches
  3. StartInstall – Used to Install Downloaded Patches
  4. RefreshSettings  – Refresh Settings if any changes were made
  5. StartInteractiveScan  – May ask for user input and/or open dialogues to show progress or report errors
  6. RestartDevice – Restart device to finish installation of updates
  7. ScanInstallWait – Combined Scan Download Install
  8. ResumeUpdate – Resume Update Installation On Boot