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dmarquesgn
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Jul 14, 2022
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Windows Update Category IDs vs Types

Hi,   I'm working out to use PSWindowsUpdate powershell module to manage updates on some servers and endpoints. There's still one thing that I've been looking around, but could't find the answer. ...
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    abbodi1406
    Jul 15, 2022

    Drivers & Upgrades IDs
    https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/google/cabbie/search

     

    there is only two update types, Software + Driver

     

     

    Get-WindowsUpdate -WindowsUpdate -Category 'Drivers', 'Updates', 'Security Updates', 'Critical Updates'

     

    or

     

    Get-WindowsUpdate -WindowsUpdate -CategoryIDs 'EBFC1FC5-71A4-4F7B-9ACA-3B9A503104A0', 'CD5FFD1E-E932-4E3A-BF74-18BF0B1BBD83', '0FA1201D-4330-4FA8-8AE9-B877473B6441', 'E6CF1350-C01B-414D-A61F-263D14D133B4'

     

abbodi1406's avatar
abbodi1406
Iron Contributor
Jul 15, 2022

Drivers & Upgrades IDs
https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/google/cabbie/search

 

there is only two update types, Software + Driver

 

 

Get-WindowsUpdate -WindowsUpdate -Category 'Drivers', 'Updates', 'Security Updates', 'Critical Updates'

 

or

 

Get-WindowsUpdate -WindowsUpdate -CategoryIDs 'EBFC1FC5-71A4-4F7B-9ACA-3B9A503104A0', 'CD5FFD1E-E932-4E3A-BF74-18BF0B1BBD83', '0FA1201D-4330-4FA8-8AE9-B877473B6441', 'E6CF1350-C01B-414D-A61F-263D14D133B4'

 

  • dmarquesgn's avatar
    dmarquesgn
    Iron Contributor
    Jul 15, 2022
    Hi,

    Thanks for the input. That link really helped as it has the "Drivers" CategoryID, which I didn't had until now.
    I think this way I can solve my problem for now.

    Regards.

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