Questions tagged [qfe]

Quick Fix Engineering (QFE) is a Microsoft term for the delivery of individual service updates to its operating systems and application programs such as Microsoft Office.

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How do I check that a Windows QFE/patch has been installed from c#?

What's the best way in c# to determine is a given QFE/patch has been installed?
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Windows batch file for invalid microsoft updates

I am struck while creating a windows batch file which just indicates if an invalid KB article is installed on my computer/ windows server. This is where i am at now, Script : @ECHO OFF WMIC QFE GET HOTFIXID>%~dp0QFE_list.txt FOR /f "delims=," %%a IN…
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Get list of full installed updates in PC

I tried to get list of full installed updates in my pc using following command. wmic qfe list But I got only windows updates, Can you tell how to get list of full updates? like contorl panel -> Installed Updates Code will in c# or Command…
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Install .NET Framework 2.0 on Embedded XP (Win XPE)

I'm trying to install the .Net framework version 2.0 on embedded Windows XP SP2 (aka XPE). I'm using the XPE specific version of the installer from…
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Querying WMI class Win32_QuickFixEngineering returns mucho weirdo timestamps (C#)

Class documentation here. The InstalledOn property is supposed to have a timestamp of (well, duh) when the fix was installed. But the doc doesn't say what's the format. I get something unintelligible, but it clearly means something.…
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Which is the most comprehensive way to check applied KBs to a Windows machine?

I am using Powershell to run a status of a list of KBs and see if they are applied or not. I have found a few ways and I have seen inconsistencies with the numbers they are reporting. Which is right? You can check SYSTEMINFO and get a list of…
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maintain multiple versions of Windows CE (QFEs)

We build firmware using Windows CE (6 and 7) on a Windows XP system. We often install the QFEs (CE patches/updates) from Microsoft as they are released. When we have to go back to a certain release to develop a patch, it can be a real pain because…
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How to use wmic in order to generate a txt with many columns

I'm using wmic qfe get HotFixID >> WindowsUpdateVersion.txt in order to export a list of KB{num}. I am looking for a command to reshape this list in many columns (3 or 4 columns, .txt or .xls, not important). I have already tried with wmic…
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