Windows 7 Updates

[Joe Morris]

Thanks for that. I occasionally have a play around with PowerShell, but
only for
my amusement, nothing serious. I like to have some understanding since I
realised
that most of the Microsoft Fixit programs are PowerShell scripts.

Then I'll strongly recommend that you look at the PowerShell books published
by Manning. One nice touch: most come with both PDF and e-book files of the
complete text at no extra charge.

Powershell in Action (second edition): Bruce Payette
http://www.manning.com/payette2/

Powershell in Practice: Richard Siddaway
http://manning.com/siddaway/

Learn Powershell in a Month of Lunches: Don Jones
http://manning.com/jones/

There's also a rather inactive USENET group left over from the days when
Microsoft still understood USENET: microsoft.public.windows.powershell .

Joe

 

[Stan Brown]

That command worked properly for me, creating a nicely formatted html
document. I'm using Win 7 SP1 Ultimate.

I'm using Win 7 SP1 Home Premium, and it worked for me also. There's
a bug in the command itself, however: it puts a period at the end of
each URL, so if you want to go to any of them you have to be very
finicky with your mouse.

 

[Ed Cryer]

It's a conspiracy !!
I can get a ' /format:table ' switch to work, but that just creates a
block of text.
But the ' /format:htable ' switch just errors out.

I got it working after a bit of thought. The error report is quite
correct, because the file as given has no extension. Add that and Bob's
Your Uncle.

Like this;
WMIC QFE LIST FULL /FORMAT:HTABLE.XSL > %TEMP%\HOTFIX.HTM

Ed

 

[Ed Cryer]

I got it working after a bit of thought. The error report is quite
correct, because the file as given has no extension. Add that and Bob's
Your Uncle.

Like this;
WMIC QFE LIST FULL /FORMAT:HTABLE.XSL > %TEMP%\HOTFIX.HTM

Ed

Oh, I ought to mention that the output goes to
Users\{xxx}\Appdata\Local\Temp

Ed

 

[Dave-UK]

I got it working after a bit of thought. The error report is quite
correct, because the file as given has no extension. Add that and Bob's
Your Uncle.

Like this;
WMIC QFE LIST FULL /FORMAT:HTABLE.XSL > %TEMP%\HOTFIX.HTM

Ed

Well done!
I wonder why it works in the USA without the extension.

 

[Iceman]

Is anybody aware of how can one print or download the complete list of
updates already installed on a system? My machine has 258 updates
including some for Microsoft Applications like Office 2003, 2007 and
2010. The idea is to get a download of this list in a spreadsheet so
that I could download these from Microsoft website for future use when I
decide to reformat the HD and start all over again.

I have created an image of the HD but would prefer if I have these
updates on my flash drive so that I create the appropriate batch file
when it is necessary to re-install them again.

I can create pictures of the window like this:

<http://goo.gl/V3Edh>

but it is not convenient to copy the kb numbers when searching on
Microsoft website.

Be aware that re-downloading all the updates is pretty time-consuming, and
all Windows updates are stored in the folder
C:\windows\softwaredistribution\download

If you use the image to restore your OS, you can search for them in that
location.

 

[Tony]

Updates are for idiots. As long as the thing works there's no reason to
turn
schizophrenic and develop a lifelong complex over such a silly issue.

Is anybody aware of how can one print or download the complete list of
updates already installed on a system? My machine has 258 updates
including some for Microsoft Applications like Office 2003, 2007 and
2010. The idea is to get a download of this list in a spreadsheet so
that I could download these from Microsoft website for future use when I
decide to reformat the HD and start all over again.

I have created an image of the HD but would prefer if I have these
updates on my flash drive so that I create the appropriate batch file
when it is necessary to re-install them again.

I can create pictures of the window like this:

<http://goo.gl/V3Edh>

but it is not convenient to copy the kb numbers when searching on
Microsoft website.

Thanks.

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Nay, Art thou decideth playeth ye simpleton games. *Some* of us know proper
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Very few. I used to take calls from *rank* noobs but got fired the first day
on the job for potty mouth,

Bur-ring, i'll get this one: WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM JERK!!? We're here to help
you dickweed, ok, ok give the power cord the jiggily piggily wiggily all the
while pushing the power button repeatedly now take everything out of your
computer except the power supply and *one* stick of ram. Ok get the next
sucker on the phone.

Deirdre Straughan (Roxio) is a LIAR (Deirdre McFibber)

There's the employer and the employee and the FROGGER and the FROGEE, which
one are you?

Hamster isn't a newsreader it's a mistake!

El-Gonzo Jackson FROGS both me and Chuckcar (I just got EL-FROG-OED!!)

All hail Chuckcar the CZAR!! Or in F-R-O-Gland Chuckcar laCZAR, ChuckCZAR!!

I hate them both, With useless bogus bullshit you need at least *three*
fulltime jobs to afford either one of them

I'm a fulltime text *only* man on usenet now. The rest of the world
downloads the binary files not me i can't afford thousands of dollars a
month

VBB = Volume based billing. How many bytes can we shove down your throat and
out your arse sir?

The only "fix" for the CellPig modem is a sledgehammer.

UBB = User based bullFROGGING

Master Juba was a black man imitating a white man imitating a black man

Always do incremental backups of your data or you'll end up like the A-Holes
at DSL Reports. Justin says i made a boo-boo. Yeah boo-who.

Updates are for idiots. As long as the thing works there's no reason to turn

schizophrenic and develop a lifelong complex over such a silly issue.

Adrian "jackpot" Lewis is a mama's boy!

Jimmy Fricke is good for the game of poker

Using my technical prowess and computer abilities to answer questions beyond
the realm of understandability

Regards Tony... Making usenet better for everyone everyday

This sig file was compiled via my journeys through usenet

 

[Ed Cryer]

Well done! I wonder why it works in the USA without the extension.

I wondered if maybe they'd run it inside Powershell, so I tried that.
But that failed on file names; firstly with the output file, which I
changed to "AppData\Local\Temp\Hotfix.htm"; and it accepted that, but
then failed on "HTABLE.XSL".

I was about to change that to the full file path but I realized that I'd
not only disproved my above theory but was also wasting time
investigating a red herring.

So, I can't answer your question. It puzzles me too. Maybe someone else can.

Ed

 

[Joe Morris]

Well done! I wonder why it works in the USA without the extension.

Any chance that users experiencing problems are using the -N version of
Windows 7? That shouldn't have any relation to the problem but there's
always the possibility that the -N system doesn' t have the proper
association for .XSL or perhaps doesn't automatically attempt to map an
unqualified filename into .XSL .

Joe

 

[Stan Brown]

Updates are for idiots. As long as the thing works there's no reason to
turn
schizophrenic and develop a lifelong complex over such a silly issue.

That's about the level of sophistication and usefulness I'd expect
from someone who stands on his head to post.

For the benefit of newbies who might be taken in --

Of course not every update is appropriate for every computer. But
many are security updates, to fix problems that you don't know you
have. "As long as the thing works" is a meaningless concept with an
operating system.

A person who doesn't have time or expertise to study every update and
make a decision about every one should just let Windows install every
update automatically. Failing to install security updates is risking
nasty security problems.

 

[Char Jackson]

Oh, I ought to mention that the output goes to
Users\{xxx}\Appdata\Local\Temp

Just change %TEMP% to something more reasonable. That was the first
change I made when I played with it.

 

[Dave-UK]

Any chance that users experiencing problems are using the -N version of
Windows 7? That shouldn't have any relation to the problem but there's
always the possibility that the -N system doesn' t have the proper
association for .XSL or perhaps doesn't automatically attempt to map an
unqualified filename into .XSL .

Joe

Not here, my Windows says it's Version 6.1 (Build 7601:Service Pack 1)
If I create a new file and give it an XSL extension it opens with IE.

 

[Sam Hill]

That's about the level of sophistication and usefulness I'd expect from
someone who stands on his head to post.

Was that Tony the Sandwich? He's been in my killfile for years, not only
for his posts' content, but his abominable sig file as well.

 

[Dave-UK]

Was that Tony the Sandwich? He's been in my killfile for years, not only
for his posts' content, but his abominable sig file as well.

+1

 

[Joe Morris]

Not here, my Windows says it's Version 6.1 (Build 7601:Service Pack 1)
If I create a new file and give it an XSL extension it opens with IE.

Sigh...that's the only easily tested idea I have for why some users need to
add the explicit .XSL extension. And IE is the default application for .XSL
(Extensible Style Sheet) files, although interestingly the extension is
grabbed by Visual Studio when it is installed.

One other possibility is that the bug been fixed somewhere along the line by
a non-urgent update that isn't on everyone's machine. I use the patch kit
from my POE on my own machines as a sanity check on the packaging;
internally we distribute all but a small number of the "recommended" patches
offered through Windows Update. Right now I don't want to build a new
system from an RTM disk just to test that idea.

Joe

 

[Ed Cryer]

Not here, my Windows says it's Version 6.1 (Build 7601:Service Pack 1)
If I create a new file and give it an XSL extension it opens with IE.

Same here; same Win Build, same with .XSL files.

Ed

 

[Ken Blake]

Same here; same Win Build, same with .XSL files.

You are both saying .xsl. Is that what you mean or are you talking
about files from Microsoft Excel (.xls)?

If the files are .xsl when they should be .xls, it's likely that
Windows doesn't know what to open them with.

 

[Dave-UK]

Sigh...that's the only easily tested idea I have for why some users need to
add the explicit .XSL extension. And IE is the default application for .XSL
(Extensible Style Sheet) files, although interestingly the extension is
grabbed by Visual Studio when it is installed.

One other possibility is that the bug been fixed somewhere along the line by
a non-urgent update that isn't on everyone's machine. I use the patch kit
from my POE on my own machines as a sanity check on the packaging;
internally we distribute all but a small number of the "recommended" patches
offered through Windows Update. Right now I don't want to build a new
system from an RTM disk just to test that idea.

Joe

As it seemed to be a UK\USA problem I tried moving the htable.xsl file from here:
C:\Windows\System32\wbem\en-US\htable.xsl
to here:
C:\Windows\System32\wbem\htable.xsl
and it now works ok.
(I also edited it to make the file easier to find.)
WMIC QFE LIST FULL /FORMAT:HTABLE > c:\users\admin\desktop\HOTFIX.HTM

 

[Dave-UK]

You are both saying .xsl. Is that what you mean or are you talking
about files from Microsoft Excel (.xls)?

If the files are .xsl when they should be .xls, it's likely that
Windows doesn't know what to open them with.

XSL is what we mean.

 

[Stan Brown]

Was that Tony the Sandwich? He's been in my killfile for years, not only
for his posts' content, but his abominable sig file as well.

Thanks for the (implied) suggestion -- I have added him to mine also.

I've been rather slow to build up mu kill file in this group, so I
have some catching up to do.