How do I know if there are pending security updates from cmd or python?
I need to know if Windows is expecting pending security updates from cmd or python.
I found a form for this from cmd:
-First: I do >> C:\Windows\system32\wuauclt.exe /detectnow
-After that: >> Read the %systemroot%\WindowsUpdate.log
file information.
But I believe this is another simple form.
I found there is a library named WUApiLib for C # , does this exist for python or something in style?
You can use Powershell for this kind of thing:
- https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/0dbfc125-b855-4058-87ec-930268f03285
- https://serverfault.com/questions/135191/shorcut-to-list-pending-updates-in-microsoft-windows
I cannot find a direct way to access WSUS information. You could get them using PyWin32 or ctypes, but I couldn't find any examples.
You can use the Wuinstall command line tool ( http://www.wuinstall.com ) like this: wuinstall / search lists all pending updates, with the / xmlout parameter you can save the whole list in xml for further processing