In what folder are Windows updates kept? "Spin" <Spin[ at ]invalid.com> 10/14/2008 8:48:49 PM Gurus, If you are a stand-alone computer and have Automatic Updates configured to download (but not install) updates daily, in what folder are these updates kept? -- Spin

Re: In what folder are Windows updates kept? "Spin" <Spin[ at ]invalid.com> 10/14/2008 9:10:21 PM "Spin" <Spin[ at ]invalid.com> wrote in message news:6lketkFcnmqbU1[ at ]mid.individual.net... [Quoted Text] > Gurus, > > If you are a stand-alone computer and have Automatic Updates configured to > download (but not install) updates daily, in what folder are these updates > kept? Follow-up question - how can I "force" this process to start right now instead of waiting until 3:AM?

Re: In what folder are Windows updates kept? "Lawrence Garvin" <lawrence[ at ]nospam> 10/14/2008 9:30:41 PM "Spin" <Spin[ at ]invalid.com> wrote in message news:6lkg60Fcnhg4U1[ at ]mid.individual.net... [Quoted Text] > "Spin" <Spin[ at ]invalid.com> wrote in message > news:6lketkFcnmqbU1[ at ]mid.individual.net... >> Gurus, >> >> If you are a stand-alone computer and have Automatic Updates configured >> to download (but not install) updates daily, in what folder are these >> updates kept? Regardless of whether you're a standalone AU client, or a WSUS client, downloaded updates are always kept in the %windir%\SoftwareDistribution\Download folder. > Follow-up question - how can I "force" this process to start right now > instead of waiting until 3:AM? If you have updates downloaded and pending installation, and you have a Notification Icon in your taskbar, click on it, and it will open a dialog box to permit you to install the updates interactively. -- Lawrence Garvin, M.S., MCITP(x2), MCTS(x5), MCP(x7), MCBMSP Principal/CTO, Onsite Technology Solutions, Houston, Texas Microsoft MVP - Software Distribution (2005-2009) MS WSUS Website: http://www.microsoft.com/wsus My Websites: http://www.onsitechsolutions.com; http://wsusinfo.onsitechsolutions.com My MVP Profile: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Lawrence.Garvin

Re: In what folder are Windows updates kept? "Spin" <Spin[ at ]invalid.com> 10/15/2008 1:39:01 AM Ok, I've got a lot of files with no extension which look like this in that folder: 34d822e0c61e0d8067f37ec0ed66a15343e1a58f What are these? "Lawrence Garvin" <lawrence[ at ]nospam> wrote in message news:Osp9cQkLJHA.456[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] > "Spin" <Spin[ at ]invalid.com> wrote in message > news:6lkg60Fcnhg4U1[ at ]mid.individual.net... >> "Spin" <Spin[ at ]invalid.com> wrote in message >> news:6lketkFcnmqbU1[ at ]mid.individual.net... >>> Gurus, >>> >>> If you are a stand-alone computer and have Automatic Updates configured >>> to download (but not install) updates daily, in what folder are these >>> updates kept? > > Regardless of whether you're a standalone AU client, or a WSUS client, > downloaded updates are always kept in the > %windir%\SoftwareDistribution\Download folder. > > >> Follow-up question - how can I "force" this process to start right now >> instead of waiting until 3:AM? > > If you have updates downloaded and pending installation, and you have a > Notification Icon in your taskbar, click on it, and it will open a dialog > box to permit you to install the updates interactively. > > > -- > Lawrence Garvin, M.S., MCITP(x2), MCTS(x5), MCP(x7), MCBMSP > Principal/CTO, Onsite Technology Solutions, Houston, Texas > Microsoft MVP - Software Distribution (2005-2009) > > MS WSUS Website: http://www.microsoft.com/wsus > My Websites: http://www.onsitechsolutions.com; > http://wsusinfo.onsitechsolutions.com > My MVP Profile: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Lawrence.Garvin >

Re: In what folder are Windows updates kept? "Dave Patrick" <DSPatrick[ at ]nospam.gmail.com> 10/15/2008 2:41:11 AM That looks like the temp folder some installation routines might use. May not have completed or had the permissions to clean up. -- Regards, Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup. Microsoft Certified Professional Microsoft MVP [Windows] http://www.microsoft.com/protect "Spin" wrote: [Quoted Text] > Ok, I've got a lot of files with no extension which look like this in that > folder: > > 34d822e0c61e0d8067f37ec0ed66a15343e1a58f > > What are these?

Re: In what folder are Windows updates kept? "Harry Johnston [MVP]" <harry[ at ]scms.waikato.ac.nz> 10/15/2008 3:30:32 AM Dave Patrick wrote: [Quoted Text] > That looks like the temp folder some installation routines might use. > May not have completed or had the permissions to clean up. In context, it's more likely to be the updates themselves. WSUS keeps updates in files with names similar to that. While theoretically possible, running WSUS/WU/AU updates directly isn't supported (AFAIK) so I wouldn't recommend it. Better to use the Windows Update API to install them. For example, I have a script that downloads and installs all available updates: <http://www.scms.waikato.ac.nz/~harry/wsusupdate.vbs> http://www.scms.waikato.ac.nz/~harry/wsusupdate.vbs Harry.

Re: In what folder are Windows updates kept? "Dave Patrick" <DSPatrick[ at ]nospam.gmail.com> 10/15/2008 3:47:51 AM Yes, that was the topic and what I meant. -- Regards, Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup. Microsoft Certified Professional Microsoft MVP [Windows] http://www.microsoft.com/protect "Harry Johnston [MVP]" wrote: <snip> [Quoted Text] > In context, it's more likely to be the updates themselves. WSUS keeps > updates in files with names similar to that.