Specific Installations

[pmcewan]

This programs looks great, and it's exactly what I've been searching for to help with patching. Is there a way to download and package just a certain list of patches in specific KBs and nothing else?

[aker]

It is possible.

Therefore you need to add all links to .\static\custom\StaticDownloadLinks-<platform>-<architecture>-<language>.txt and all KB-numbers to .\client\static\custom\StaticUpdateIds-<platform>-<architecture>.txt.

Then add the following line to the Misc-Section of UpdateGenerator.ini

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skipdynamic=Enabled

and enable the "skipdynamic"-line in UpdateInstaller.ini

[pmcewan]

Great, I'll try that. But, what do I select on the screen to build the package in the GUI? Does it matter?

[aker]

Just use UpdateGenerator as before.
It will parse the line you added to its ini-file.

[pmcewan]

OK, perfect. Is there an easy way to get the download URL? Can the WSUS database be queried to get the information? Or is there some other way?

[aker]

Just go to MS Download Center click "Download" and right-click "Click here". Copy the link using the context menu. Then you have the link you need.

[pmcewan]

OK, understood. If all the required updates are in WSUS, then I assume you can generate the whole package for installation and use the instructions you provided for the client above to install just specific updates? But, the disadvantage is that the client will still have to download the whole package with all the patches even if you don't want them installed? Can you tell it just to package specific updates contained in WSUS without having to specify the download URL from Microsoft Update?

[aker]

If you enable "skipdynamic" wsusou will just download the updates, which have a static definition, and some general files like the Windows Update Agent.