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Cleaning Up The Script

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February 13, 2017, 10:19(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

In my post Blocking Windows 7 Telemetry I provided a script to remove Windows 7 telemetry updates. This was done in haste from an older script and I have now cleaned it up.
One poster in the AskWoody lounge stated certain updates were no longer there. I asked him to provide some documentation so I could verify his statement and he did not.
So, I had to dig in and find the answer myself. I checked a few of the KB articles for the updates and there weren’t any notices about updates being removed or superseded. That is par for the course for Microsoft.

I rummaged through my old backups and found a pre-GWX Windows 7 virtual machine (last updated 02FEB2015).
– Started VM
– Fixed Windows 7 Update
– Ran Windows Updated and installed all updates

Next I checked to see which if any of the previous updates in the script were installed.
———– Command Line Output ———-
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\Eric>wmic qfe where hotfixid=”KB971033″ list full

Caption=http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=161784
CSName=VIRTUAL7
Description=Update
FixComments=
HotFixID=KB971033
InstallDate=
InstalledBy=VIRTUAL7\Eric
InstalledOn=11/10/2012
Name=
ServicePackInEffect=
Status=

C:\Users\Eric>wmic qfe where hotfixid=”KB2952664″ list full

Caption=http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=2952664
CSName=VIRTUAL7
Description=Update
FixComments=
HotFixID=KB2952664
InstallDate=
InstalledBy=VIRTUAL7\Eric
InstalledOn=6/7/2014
Name=
ServicePackInEffect=
Status=

C:\Users\Eric>wmic qfe where hotfixid=”KB2977759″ list full
No Instance(s) Available.

C:\Users\Eric>wmic qfe where hotfixid=”KB2990214″ list full
No Instance(s) Available.

C:\Users\Eric>wmic qfe where hotfixid=”KB3021917″ list full

Caption=http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=3021917
CSName=VIRTUAL7
Description=Update
FixComments=
HotFixID=KB3021917
InstallDate=
InstalledBy=VIRTUAL7\Eric
InstalledOn=2/15/2015
Name=
ServicePackInEffect=
Status=

C:\Users\Eric>wmic qfe where hotfixid=”KB3035583″ list full
No Instance(s) Available.

C:\Users\Eric>wmic qfe where hotfixid=”KB3068708″ list full

Caption=http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=3068708
CSName=VIRTUAL7
Description=Update
FixComments=
HotFixID=KB3068708
InstallDate=
InstalledBy=VIRTUAL7\Eric
InstalledOn=2/12/2017
Name=
ServicePackInEffect=
Status=

C:\Users\Eric>wmic qfe where hotfixid=”KB3075249″ list full
No Instance(s) Available.

C:\Users\Eric>wmic qfe where hotfixid=”KB3080149″ list full

Caption=http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=3080149
CSName=VIRTUAL7
Description=Update
FixComments=
HotFixID=KB3080149
InstallDate=
InstalledBy=VIRTUAL7\Eric
InstalledOn=2/12/2017
Name=
ServicePackInEffect=
Status=

C:\Users\Eric>wmic qfe where hotfixid=”KB3123862″ list full
No Instance(s) Available.
———– End Command Line Output ———-

This result was that the following updates were not installed:
KB2977759
KB2990214
KB3035583
KB3075249
KB3123862

So I modified my script, removing those updates and ran it. No errors. Rebooted.
Afterwards I checked Windows Update again. No updates available, script was successful.

-END-

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