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Install Windows Updates using PowerShell

You can use PowerShell to install Windows Updates automatically, unattended and simple. Neat, right? For this, you don't have to have an enterprise environment with WSUS, or Windows Server, but since this is Sysadmins of the North, I assume you do. In this post I'm show you how to install Windows Updates with PowerShell and the PSWindowsUpdate module.

Published on Wednesday, 15 March 2023

Remove computer object from Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) in PowerShell

Here is a short PowerShell snippet for you to remove a computer object from Windows Server Update Services (WSUS).

Published on Monday, 4 October 2021

Force BITS to download WSUS updates in the foreground in Windows Server

WSUS uses BITS for downloading updates, and it does so in background mode. Unfortunately, this utilizes remaining bandwidth of the server instead of its full capacity. To speed up WSUS downloads, you can configure BITS in WSUS to use foreground priority.

Published on Friday, 18 September 2020

Install Windows Server Servicing Stack Updates (SSU) using PowerShell

Install Servicing Stack Updates (SSU) for Windows Server 2012R2, 2016 and Windows Server 2019 using PowerShell, without downtime

Published on Wednesday, 12 June 2019

How to uninstall and remove Adobe Flash Player in Windows Server

You can easily uninstall and remove Adobe Flash Player from Windows Server using Deployment Image Servicing and Management (DISM)

Published on Thursday, 22 November 2018

WsusPool keeps crashing: stops again and again

WSUSPool keeps stopping? Sometimes you find your WSUS server keeps crashing over and over again. The WSUS application pool periodically stops, WSUS is unavailable and/or the WSUS management console hangs.

Published on Thursday, 25 May 2017

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