VBS Script to force a Wsus update detection on a single computer

2011/08/31 | By | Reply More

This script forces a Windows Update Detection immediately on single computer by inputing either its name or IP.

' Force a Windows Update Detection now on single computer by inputing name or IP of computer
'Script is now ignoring errors. For those who wish to see errors just add a ' to the on error resume next below

on error resume next
strComputer = inputbox("Enter a computer name or IP address to run a WUA detection now","Invoke detectnow")
if strComputer = "" then wscript.quit
Set autoUpdateClient = CreateObject("Microsoft.Update.AutoUpdate",strComputer)
AutoUpdateClient.detectnow()
wscript.echo "All done."

Category: Scripts, VBS

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