Enumerate patches

Any suggestions as to a way of enumerating the patches which have been
applied to any given machine? This would need to work via a script.

First thoughts are to use the uninstall info in the registry, but I notice
that not all patches generate an uninstall registry-key, so that's not a
reliable indicator.

Ian,

Microsoft Windows 2000 Scripting Guide - Enumerating Installed Hot Fixes:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scr..._cpm_tphw.mspx

Enumerate the list of installed Hotfixes using WMI:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/qfe.htm

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


"Ian" <> wrote in message
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Any suggestions as to a way of enumerating the patches which have been
applied to any given machine? This would need to work via a script.

First thoughts are to use the uninstall info in the registry, but I notice
that not all patches generate an uninstall registry-key, so that's not a
reliable indicator.