Automatic Updates- Logging

Is there a log file somewhere on my PC that tells me the
activity of my Windows XP Pro SP2 Automatic Updates?

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Your download history is stored in the Iuhist_catalogAdmin.xml file in your
Program Files\WindowsUpdate\V4 folder.

"RJ" wrote:

> Is there a log file somewhere on my PC that tells me the
> activity of my Windows XP Pro SP2 Automatic Updates?
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RJ wrote:

> Is there a log file somewhere on my PC that tells me the
> activity of my Windows XP Pro SP2 Automatic Updates?
Hi,

%windir%\WindowsUpdate.log
and
%windir%\SoftwareDistribution\ReportingEvents.log

(%windir% is typically C:\Windows or C:\Winnt)

Note that the text goes pretty far out to the right on the latter file,
turn off any line wrapping in your text editor.




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torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
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Thank-you. The %windir%\SoftwareDistribution\ReportingEvents.log
is what I was looking for. It shows the dates/times of the updates
retrieved from Automatic Updates.


"Torgeir Bakken (MVP)" <Torgeir.Bakken-> wrote in message
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> RJ wrote:
>
>> Is there a log file somewhere on my PC that tells me the
>> activity of my Windows XP Pro SP2 Automatic Updates?
> Hi,
>
> %windir%\WindowsUpdate.log
> and
> %windir%\SoftwareDistribution\ReportingEvents.log
>
> (%windir% is typically C:\Windows or C:\Winnt)
>
> Note that the text goes pretty far out to the right on the latter file,
> turn off any line wrapping in your text editor.
>
>
>
>
> --
> torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
> Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
> the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scr...r/default.mspx