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How can I detect if Windows Update is installed on a machine?
John Savill
March 4, 2000
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A. Windows 2000 includes the Windows Update as a corecomponent but it was also supplied with Internet Explorer 4.0 for NT 4.0 as anoption. To check if its installed there are a number of methods:
Right click on the taskbar and if a Toolbar option is present then the Windows Update is installed
Right click an item in the Start menus Programs area and if a menu is shown then Windows Update is installed
To tell from a script check for the following key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftActive SetupInstalled Components\{89820200-ECBD-11cf-8B85-00AA005B4340}andif its IsInstalled value is 1 then the windows update is installed.
You could use the resource kit REG.EXE utility with the /query switch toperform this check.
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