How to get list of pending HotfixID from a remote server using Powershell

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Shawn Melton SSC-Insane Points: 24685 More actions · Answer 1

Yes....this should get you started:

$upd = new-object -com Microsoft.Update.Session "MyComputer"

$searcher = $upd.CreateUpdateSearcher()

$searcher

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Mac1986 SSCertifiable Points: 6216 More actions · Answer 2

Hello Shawn. Please don't ming but can you give me exact commands to get the results? I'm getting errors when i run below command.

$upd = new-object -com Microsoft.Update.Session "MyComputer"

$searcher = $upd.CreateUpdateSearcher()

$searcher

Shawn Melton SSC-Insane Points: 24685 More actions · Answer 3

Not really, I have no environment to run this command in. What error are you getting?

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Mac1986 SSCertifiable Points: 6216 More actions · Answer 4

PS C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0> $upd = new-object -com Microsoft.Update.Session "MyServerName"

$searcher = $upd.CreateUpdateSearcher()

$searcher

New-Object : A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument 'MyServerName'.

At line:1 char:8

+ $upd = new-object -com Microsoft.Update.Session "MyServerName"

+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [New-Object], ParameterBindingException

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : PositionalParameterNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.NewObjectCommand

You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.

At line:2 char:1

+ $searcher = $upd.CreateUpdateSearcher()

+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull

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