{"id":420,"date":"2010-09-20T20:46:12","date_gmt":"2010-09-20T19:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edwardsd.co.uk\/work\/?p=420"},"modified":"2016-04-23T18:38:58","modified_gmt":"2016-04-23T17:38:58","slug":"wsus-wuauclt-update-cmds-on-windows-clients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edwardsd.co.uk\/work\/2010\/09\/wsus-wuauclt-update-cmds-on-windows-clients\/","title":{"rendered":"WSUS (wuauclt.exe) | Updates CLI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Detectnow Option<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Because waiting for detection to start can be a time-consuming process, an\u00a0option has been added to allow you to initiate detection right away. On one\u00a0of the computers with the new Automatic Update client installed, run this at command\u00a0prompt:<\/p>\n<pre lang=\"basic\">wuauclt.exe \/detectnow<\/pre>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Resetauthorization Option<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>WSUS uses a cookie on client computers to store various types of information, including computer group membership when client-side targeting is used. By default this cookie expires an hour after WSUS creates it. If you are using client-side targeting and change<br \/>\ngroup membership, use this option in combination with detectnow to expire\u00a0the cookie, initiate detection, and have WSUS update computer group membership.<\/p>\n<p>Note that when combining parameters, you can use them only in the order specified as follows:<\/p>\n<pre lang=\"basic\">wuauclt.exe \/resetauthorization \/detectnow<\/pre>\n<p><strong>Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) Support Tools:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Server Diagnostic Tool<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/download.microsoft.com\/download\/9\/7\/6\/976d1084-d2fd-45a1-8c27-a467c768d8ef\/WSUS%20Client%20Diagnostic%20Tool.EXE\">Client Diagnostic Tool<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>CLI for WUAUCLT:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"The wuauclt Utility\" href=\"http:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/cc720477(WS.10).aspx\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/cc720477(WS.10).aspx<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/cc708617(WS.10).aspx\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/cc708617(WS.10).aspx<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Detectnow Option Because waiting for detection to start can be a time-consuming process, an\u00a0option has been added to allow you to initiate detection right away. 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