Windows 10: Take a look at the Windows updates history with Windows Update Viewer

Windows Update Viewer is an open source application to view the updates history of Windows 10 and Windows 11 operating systems. While there are several ways to view installed updates natively, e.g., by opening the Windows updates history in Settings > Windows Updates or by opening the event viewer, Windows Update Viewer may improve accessibility for some users.

The application displays all updates in chronological order, includes filtering and search options, displays the event information and links to support pages.

Windows Update Viewer is available for Windows 10 and 11 systems only. It does require the Microsoft .NET Framework 6.0 and comes as a portable package and one that can be installed on the device.

Note: Windows' SmartScreen security feature may display a prompt when the WUView.exe is run on the device. The executable file has a clean sheet on Virustotal, and SmartScreen displays its warnings for new files as well.

Windows Update Viewer




Windows Update Viewer displays all installed Windows updates in chronological order. The interface supports themes and displays in the selected system color theme by default. Users can change that in the application's settings.

The top half of the main pane displays the updates. Each update is listed with its KB ID, title and result. There is a filter field at the top to find particular updates quickly, e.g., by entering 2023 to display only updates from 2023 or by entering failed to only display failed updates.

The View menu has an option to change the large view to a small one. The smaller view uses a smaller font and displays more content on the screen at the same time. A tap on F5 refreshes the updates list and there are options to hide the details pane and to display user-hidden updates.

The details pane displays information about the selected update. It has a link to the official support page and lists all entries of the event viewer, which may be useful for troubleshooting.

Data can be exported to CSV or Text files. The File menu contains a link to Windows Update and an option to edit the exclude list. It accepts strings, one per line, and is used by the application for filtering. Any update that matches a string is now shown by default.

The string Defender is listed by default to exclude any Windows Defender updates from the list of updates.

A Settings visit displays a number of options to customize the application. Windows Update Viewer displays all updates by default, but this can be limited to a certain number of recent updates there. Other options include changing the data format or changing the size of the UI even more, e.g., to smallest or largest.

Verdict

Windows Update Viewer is a useful administrative tool for Windows administrators who want to check certain updates quickly. The event viewer information about the update is useful and the link to the support page is useful as well.

Now You: how do you troubleshoot or manage Windows updates? (via Deskmodder)

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Windows Updates failed to instal

I'm not sure how differant XP media center Edition is but you could clear the history \ cache if these folders are there.

Step 1 Register DLL files.

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By trying this step, we can check if the update engines are working properly.



1. Close all instances of Internet Explorer.

2. Click Start and Run, type "Regsvr32 atl.dll" (without quotes) in the Open box and click OK.



Note: There is a space between regsvr32 and atl.dll



3. Similarly, one by one, register the files listed below:



Regsvr32 msxml3.dll

Regsvr32 wuapi.dll

Regsvr32 wuaueng.dll

Regsvr32 wuaueng1.dll

Regsvr32 wups2.dll

Regsvr32 wucltui.dll

Regsvr32 wups.dll

Regsvr32 wuweb.dll

Regsvr32 qmgr.dll

Regsvr32 qmgrprxy.dll

Regsvr32 jscript.dll



Note: If you encounter errors while registering any of these files then skip that file and continue with the next one.



If the issue persists, let's move on to the steps below to verify Windows Update services and temporary folders.



Step 2 Verify the relevant Windows Update services.

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1. Click Start->Run, type "services.msc" (without quotation marks) in the open box and click OK.

2. Double click the service "Automatic Updates".

3. Click on the Log On tab, please ensure the option "Local System account" is selected and the option "Allow service to interact with desktop" is unchecked.

4. Check if this service has been enabled on the listed Hardware Profile. If not, please click the Enable button to enable it.

5. Click on the tab "General "; make sure the "Startup Type" is "Automatic" or "Manual". Then please click the button "Stop" under "Service Status" to stop the service.

6. Then please click the button "Start" under "Service Status" to start the service.

7. Please repeat the above steps with the other services:



Background Intelligent Transfer Service

Event Log

Remote Procedure Call (RPC)



Note: Event log service is enabled on all of the hardware profiles; this service does not have an option to enable or disable on certain hardware profile.



If it still does not help, let's proceed to step 3.



Step 3 Reload the Update temporary folders.

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One possible cause is that the temporary folder for Windows Update is containing corrupted files. Let's erase all the files there to get the system clean.



1. Click Start, Run, type: cmd and press Enter. Please run the following command in the opened window.



Net stop WuAuServ



2. Click Start, Run, type: %windir% and press Enter.

3. In the opened folder, rename the folder SoftwareDistribution to Sdold.

4. Click Start, Run, type: cmd and press Enter. Please run the following command in the opened window.



Net start WuAuServ



Please test the Windows Update website and let me know the result. If the issue persists, to clarify the issue and provide more accurate troubleshooting steps, please assist me in collecting the following information.

 

Windows Update suddenly hangs?

Windows Update is suddenly hanging for some reason... I went and downloaded and installed the first bunch of updates, restarted when asked, and now when I go back to windows update I just get the window with a white box forever. Reboot and it still does it. This happens to be on my main machine, running windows 7.

I've also noticed when I reboot it says configuring windows update, step 3 of 3, 47%. Maybe it somehow skipped something and is screwed forever?

 

Windows 10 Update

Well just noticed a pretty large one pop up coming in at 914MB, seems it makes some pretty serous updates.

KB3172985
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3172985

This security update includes improvements and fixes in the functionality of Windows 10 Version 1511 and Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 4. It also resolves the following vulnerabilities in Windows:

• 3175677 MS16-094: Security update for secure boot: July 12, 2016
• 3174060 MS16-093: Security update for Adobe Flash Player: July 12, 2016
• 3171910 MS16-092: Security update for Windows Kernel: July 12, 2016
• 3170048 MS16-091: Security update for .Net Framework: July 12, 2016
• 3171481 MS16-090: Security update for Kernel Mode Drivers: July 12, 2016
• 3170050 MS16-089: Security update for Windows secure kernel mode: July 12, 2016
• 3170005 MS16-087: Security update for the Microsoft Print Spooler: July 12, 2016
• 3169999 MS16-085: Cumulative security update for Microsoft Edge: July 12, 2016
• 3169991 MS16-084: Cumulative security update for Internet Explorer: July 12, 2016