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It lists all update which are available. It either searches on the Windows Update Server in the Internet, or, if configured, on your WSUS. It has no impact on your system at all, it just does a search ans lists what was found.

 1.2. Downloading updates

You can download updates with WuInstall with

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After execution of WuInstall, WSUS is re-activated for your system. This option automatically executes the Sc stop wuauserv and Sc start wuauserv commands in order for the bypass to take effect.

 

Tip: If WuInstall fails for some reason or is aborted before it finishes, the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU, Value UseWuServer is still set to 0. You have to set it to 1 manually, in order to tell your system to use WSUS again.

 

3.5. Selecting another WSUS

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use_wsus specified, reactivating  WUServer http://wsus1,  WUStatusServer http://wsus1 ... successful!

 

Tip: If WuInstall fails for some reason or is aborted before it finishes, the registry keys HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU\UseWuServer, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\WUServer, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\WUStatusServer

have to be reset manually to the initial state

3.6. Accepting EULAs

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