View Hotfixes On Windows XP. For XP systems, an excellent portable freeware utility called WinUpdatesList from nirsoft.net, provides an easy to use interface that displays a list of all Windows updates (Service Packs and Hotfixes) installed on your computer. List of available Windows HotFix IDs per Version. Ask Question Asked 3 years, 7 months ago. Active 3 years, 7 months ago. Viewed 786 times 1. I'm working on a utility which extracts the installed HotFix IDs and compares them with the available HotFix IDs. I'm executing the following wmi command to get the list of HotFix IDs. List of Windows.
There used to be a command line tool called QFECheck in Windows Server 2000 that would list them out. Is this the preferred method on windows server 2003/2008?
I know they're listed in Add/Remove programs, but it's hard to capture them for an audit this way.
Can i do this without having to install an add-on executable?
Nick KavadiasNick Kavadias4 Answers
The following command(s) work in both the 'regular' command prompt and PowerShell, also for both Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008:
to find if a specific update was installed:
It however does not provide any office updates (unfortunately), thought it's relatively easy now to just go to 'installed updates' and do a search for it... same as Windows updates, but the question specified it needed to be done from a command prompt.
Powershell only command:
Nick KavadiasWindows 2000 Hotfix List
Windows 2008 R2 Hotfix List
squillmansquillmanHotfix Download For Windows 7
PowerShell now includes the Get-HotFix command which is far easier to remember.
