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        Checking installed updates on Server Core

Section(s): General, Installation & Deployment, Security, Management & Administration
Published on Aug 14, 2008.
Last Modified on Jul 27, 2008.
Last Modified by Robert Larson.
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Need to know what updates are installed on your Server Core machine, here is a quick way to check

When you need to check what updates are installed on your Server Core machine, asimple way is to use the WMI commandline tool called WMIC and provide the built in alias QFE.

WMIC QFE

The output is wider than the command line window, so it is best to pipe the output to a text file

WMIC QFE >PATCHES.TXT

Then bring it up in notepad for review

NOTEPAD PATCHES.TXT

About Robert Larson

Robert Larson is the co-author of the Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 Resource Kit, and the Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Resource kit, both published by Microsoft Press. Robert has over 20 years experience in the engineering and IT field. Currently an architect with Microsoft Consulting Services, Robert focuses on helping customers design and deploy optimized data center and server infrastructures using physical and virtual approaches. Robert has been working with various virtualization technologies for over 4 years and is a regular speaker at Microsoft TechEd conferences in the US and Europe on the Microsoft virtualization stack. Robert has also written whitepapers and delivered webcasts on virtualization technologies. You can visit Robert's blog