The Windows Automatic Updates feature allows you to remotely query and manage the previously installed and available Windows updates on a remote machine.
To open this feature, right-click on any computer object and select Windows Automatic Updates.
Use the Automatic Update Settings section to apply the desired settings on the remote machine.
Select the Update History tab.
Change the maximum number of history items to return if the default is not appropriate.
Click on the Query Update History link.
Once the update history is returned, you can export the data to a file by clicking on the Export Data link at the bottom of the list view.
Select the Available Updates tab.
Click on Query Known Updates to query the available updates which have already been detected or Click on Check For New Updates to have the remote machine connect to the internet and check for new updates. Note: Either method may take a while to complete. While processing, you can use Goverlan for other tasks.
Once the available updates are returned, you can export the data to a file by clicking on the Export Data link at the bottom of the list view.
The Available Updates list view includes a lot of information, most of which is not displayed by default. To show or hide information columns, right-click on the list view header and check or un-check the columns to display.
To download and install updates, select one or more entries from the list and click on:
Download Update to only download the selected updates. If the selected updates have already been downloaded, this button is disabled.
Install Selected to install the selected updates. If one or more updates have not been downloaded yet, this action downloads them first, then installs them.
Note: Either method may take a while to complete. While processing, you can keep on using Goverlan for other tasks.
If you selected to install one or more updates and the operation failed:
Some updates require user input and cannot be installed remotely. The Available Updates view includes a Requires User Inputs column that you can use to exclude such updates.
Click on the View Windows Update Log link and explore its contents for additional error information.