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How to write a script and run it on Group Policy?

Hello All,

I'm running WSUS and for some reasons I wanna run the following:

1- Net Stop WUAUServ
2- Delete C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution
3- Net Start WUAUServ

These 3 commands will stop updating service, delete updates that might be corrupted then restart the service, how to write such a script and how to implement it on Group Policy?

Thanks

Paul MacDonald

1. Write your script and save it in your domain's SYSVOL\<domainname>\Scripts folder.
In ADUC create or edit a GPO.
2. Go to the Computer or User Configuration, depending on how you want your script to run.
3. Under Window Settings > Scripts you'll see StartUp and Shutdown (or Logon and Logoff). Double-click the event you want and "Add..." the script

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EE:
Do the numbers really have to be that big? Screen HOG, sorry guys, first time I've tried that

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Will that work with earlier OS like XP? cuz I got this note:

"PowerShell scripts requires at least Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008."

However I found this article: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/winserverGP/thread/a8921d68-5115-448a-b489-16b941a971f6

So is the above script written to work on legacy OS too?

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Tony Massa

This is a VBScript, so it will work on either

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I modified the code to be a batch as follow:

net stop wuauserv
rd /s /q %windir%\SoftwareDistribution
net start wuauserv
%windir%\system32\wuauclt.exe /detectnow

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I configured it to be on startup however I wanna do it only once on a specific time, is there a way to do it? Like I wanna run the script on 6 PM everyday.

Thanks

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