SUMware
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4 edits | OZO's WU6.bat file for controlling Microsoft Update & BITS
WU6.bat file allows to connect to Microsoft Update site and to retrieve all necessary updates from there as usual. Additionally, the rest of the time it keeps unnecessary services ("Microsoft Update" - wuauserv and, if required, BITS service) stopped and with startup type set to 'disabled', eliminating extra resource usage and stopping unwanted updates that may be pushed on computer via different Automatic Update mechanisms.
I've updated this post on August 31st, @02:35PM to show the code of OZO's v2.3. and changed internal references from 'Windows Update' to 'Microsoft Update'. Thanks for the suggestion SunDog.
Edit: Please check your timestamp to be sure that you have the latest version (v2.3).
OZO's zipped file is also available below in this thead.
Copy the code and save it as WU6.bat to a location of your choice. |
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Its a Secret
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U B Funny | Re: OZO's WU6.bat file for controlling Windows Update & BITS
Thanks for the (re)post and the update! |
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OZO
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1 edit | reply to SUMware
SUMware  - thank you for re-posting the BAT file.
I see that the latest WU6.bat somehow disappeared from the post that should contain it. So, I'll re-post it here. It's v.2.3 and it has more robust procedure for stopping those services (yes, they may insist on their run  ).
 WU6.zip 1439 bytes
WU6.bat, ver.2.3
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tradnav
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2 edits | reply to SUMware
Just d/l'd and tested this and, as expected, it worked perfectly. Whilst deleting an old copy I noticed that I first used it on 4 July 2005. In other words have been using this little .bat file for over three years without the slightest problem.
Thanks OZO...  |
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Smokey Bear
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Annie's Pub | reply to SUMware
Txs SUMware / OZO |
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1 edit | reply to OZO
I've been using this on XP since basically day one. It's perfect...
What about Vista? Can this be used on that 'OS'
/edit - nope - Vista expects you to run the Windows Update app, and denies use of the website to Vista users.
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fatness
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fishing | reply to OZO
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SUMware
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Hey OZO, thanks VERY MUCH for the update!
I've taken the liberty of changing my initial post to display the code of your newer v2.3. |
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AB
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Ah, those halcyon days . . . . when a person could at leisure stroll by a Microsoft or Windows Update website unfettered, unencumbered, and unvalidated.
(Hmmm. I just reminded myself of the movie "Gattica").
Oh well. Can't live in the past.
Great file to have on hand though, OZO. Just because.
Thanks! U-da-man! |
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altermatt
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White Plains, NY | reply to OZO
Just another chance to say thanks, OZO, for one of the handiest and most-run utilities in my arsenal, since the early days.
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Doobie
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Been using it for a long time on the 3 boxes at home - AU and BITS services disabled.
Flawless and gets the job done.
Kudos and many thanks OZO |
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Traxless
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I am clueless on this bat file. Is this .bat file suppose to enable the automatic update service, then disable it after it is complete. Or is managing some other related "hidden" automatic update feature? And can this .bat work if I just use manually? |
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Cudni
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| said by Traxless : enable the automatic update service, then disable it after it is complete. .. this .bat work if I just use manually? nothing else hidden
Cudni
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SunDog
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2 edits | reply to SUMware
Thanks for the update. Been using the original Windows Update.bat since it first came out.
However, shouldn't this .bat file should really be called Microsoft Update as it goes to the Microsoft Update site and not to the Windows Update site?
The Microsoft Update site updates the OS and Office products and the Windows Update site updates only the OS (for the most part). |
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SUMware
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1 edit | said by SunDog :However, shouldn't this .bat file should really be called Microsoft Update as it goes to the Microsoft Update site and not to the Windows Update site? Yep. Thanks.
Fixed thread subject.
OZO, wanna change the appropriate .bat syntax? |
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OZO
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| Yes, you're right. It should be fixed and thanks for that.
The name comes from the beginning of this "recovery" effort from the m$'s push to force users to run "wuauserv" service all the time. You may read more about it in this thread - Windows Update v.5 - how to run it manually. (OMG, it was 4 years ago! )
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