"Lawrence Garvin (MVP)" <onsitech[ at ]community.nospam> wrote in message
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[Quoted Text] > "JT" <no[ at ]mail.here> wrote in message
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>> Is it possible to force a remote client to check with WSUS for updates
>> using command line entries from a remote workstation? I am trying to
>> determine if there is a way to force a client to initiate a check with an
>> update server without having to logon to the console of that system and
>> run the commands locally on the workstation itself.
> Using the sysinternals psexec utility, you can remotely execute 'wuauclt
> /detectnow'.
>
> There is no methodology native to WSUS.
There is one other methodology that can be used if you need to do this on a
group of systems.
By modifying the policy settings, and changing any of the key detection
settings (e.g. Detection Frequency), you can trigger a detection event at
the next policy refresh. With policy refresh set at the default 90 mins +/-
30 mins, this would effectively trigger a detection at every affected system
within 2 hours of posting the policy change.
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Lawrence Garvin, M.S., MCTS, MCP
Independent WSUS Evangelist
MVP-Software Distribution (2005-2007)
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=30E00990-8F1D-4774-BD62-D095EB07B36E
Everything you need for WSUS is at
http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/technologies/featured/wsus/default.mspx
And, almost everything else is at
http://wsusinfo.onsitechsolutions.com
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