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Each update belongs to a product (for example Office 20072019/365, Windows 10, Windows 711, Forefront Client Security, ...). It is also possible to filter results of a search (which match the specified criteria) by a product name.
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Searching for updates ... Criteria: IsInstalled=1 Result Code: Succeeded 96 Updates found in total, filtering ... Listing those matching search expression: 'KB890830' 1. Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool - August 20102022 (KB890830) Severity: Unknown UpdateClassification - Update Rollups Product - Windows 7 |
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For example, searching for all updates that match "Internet Explorer 811", the Term "Language" or "KB89", you type:
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Searching for updates ... Criteria: IsInstalled=1 Result Code: Succeeded 96 Updates found in total, filtering ... Listing those matching search expression: '(Language|KB89|Internet Explorer)' 1. Update for Microsoft Office Language Pack 20072019 (for Office Outlook 20072019 with Business Contact Manager ) (KB946307) Severity: Unknown UpdateClassification - Critical Updates Product - Office 20072019 2. Update for Internet Explorer 811 Compatibility View List for Windows 710 (KB982632) Severity: Unknown UpdateClassification - Updates Product - Windows 710 3. Update for Internet Explorer 811 Compatibility View List for Windows 710 (KB982664) Severity: Unknown UpdateClassification - Updates Product - Windows 710 4. Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 811 for Windows 7 (KB2183461) Severity: Critical UpdateClassification - Security Updates Product - Windows 710 5. Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool - August 20102022 (KB890830) Severity: Unknown UpdateClassification - Update Rollups Product - Windows 710 |
/nomatch "regex"
This is quite the opposite of the /match option: it filters out all the updates that do match the regular expression and displays the rest (=the updates which do NOT match).
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Searching for updates ... Criteria: IsInstalled=1 Result Code: Succeeded 96 Updates found in total, filtering ... Listing those NOT matching search expression: '(Windows|Microsoft)' 1. MSXML 6.0 RTM Security Update (925673) Severity: Critical UpdateClassification - Security Updates Product - SQL Server Feature Pack 2. Update for Business Contact Manager for Outlook 20072019 (KB946140) Severity: Unknown UpdateClassification - Critical Updates Product - Office 20072019 3. Security Update for SQL Server 20052018 Service Pack 3 (KB970892) Severity: Critical UpdateClassification - Security Updates Product - SQL Server 2018 2005 4. Update Rollup 10 for Exchange Server 20072019 Service Pack 1 (KB981407) Severity: Unknown Product - Exchange Server 20072019 UpdateClassification - Update Rollups |
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95 Updates found in total, filtering ... Listing those matching search expressions in file: 'c:\updateList.txt' 1. Update for Microsoft Script Editor Help (KB963671) Severity: Unknown Product - Office 2007 UpdateClassification - Updates 2. Security Update for Windows 7 (KB975467) Severity: Important UpdateClassification - Security Updates Product - Windows 7 3. Definition Update for Microsoft Forefront Client Security (Security State Assessment 1.0.1710.103 Full) Severity: Unknown UpdateClassification - Definition Updates Product - Forefront Client Security 4. Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 Security Update for Windows 711 x86 (KB979916) Severity: Important UpdateClassification - Security Updates Product - Windows 711 |
This option is useful when you keep a central list of updates to be rolled out on your machines in a shared directory (use this list as the matchfile).
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WuInstall puts out for example the following result list: 95 Updates found in total, filtering ... Listing those NOT matching search expressions in file: 'c:\exclude.txt' 1. Update for Business Contact Manager for Outlook 20072019 (KB946140) Severity: Unknown UpdateClassification - Critical Updates Product - Office 2019 2007 2. Security Update for SQL Server 20052019 Service Pack 3 (KB970892) Severity: Critical UpdateClassification - Security Updates Product - SQL Server 20052019 3. Update Rollup 10 for Exchange Server 20072019 Service Pack 1 (KB981407) Severity: Unknown Product - Exchange Server 2019 2007 UpdateClassification - Update Rollups |
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30 Updates found in total, filtering ... Listing those matching search expression: 'Greek' 1. Greek Language Pack - Windows 710 (KB972813) Severity: Unknown UpdateClassification - Updates Product - Windows 710 Language Packs Downloading updates ... Downloading Greek Language Pack - Windows 710 (KB972813): |
and then later use:
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30 Updates found in total, filtering ... Listing only updates which are already downloaded 1. Greek Language Pack - Windows 710 (KB972813) Severity: Unknown UpdateClassification - Updates Product - Windows 710 Language Packs |
Deleting updates manually from the local download cache (usually Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download) might cause this option to work incorrectly, because even deleted they are still considered downloaded.
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3 Updates found in total, filtering ... Listing those where release date lt 2022-05-06 1. Microsoft Visual Studio 20102019 Service Pack 1 Severity: Unknown UpdateClassification - Service Packs Product - Visual Studio 20102019 ID: 230b82d1-3abd-471a-a4f9-23f97fb857d9 Releasedate: 20122022-04-05 Eula Accepted: true |
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