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More info?)
hi,
thx for the answer.
i suppose it isn't a good idea to clear out all history information?
what are the consequences of this and how can one clear out all this
information?
Guy
"Torgeir Bakken (MVP)" wrote:
> Guy wrote:
>
> > I would like to get rid of the "Cancelled" and "Failed" entries in the
> > Windows Update - Review your update history, because they are finally all
> > corrected installed.
> >
> > How can i remove these enries from the history?
> Hi,
>
> You cannot, the only option is to clear out all the history
> information, or nothing.
>
> Using the VBScript below, you can get a report that only contains
> the log entries that contains successfully installed updates.
>
> Put the script in a text file with file extension .vbs (e.g.
> WU_HistorySuccess.vbs) and run it by double-clicking on it.
>
>
> '--------------------8<----------------------
> ' Script that reports only successfully installed updates (that are
> ' installed with Windows Update v5 or newer technology).
> '
> ' Result will be written to %temp%\UpdateHistorySuccess.txt
> ' and then launched in Notepad
> '
> ' Author: Torgeir Bakken
> ' Date 2005-07-02
> '
> Option Explicit
>
> Const OverwriteIfExist = -1
> Const OpenAsASCII = 0
>
> Dim oWU, iTHCount, colUpdate, oUpdate, sStatus, iTotal
> Dim iSuccess, iFailed, iAborted, iUnknown, sErrorCode
> Dim oFSO, oShell, sFile, f
>
> On Error Resume Next
> Set oWU = CreateObject("Microsoft.Update.Searcher")
>
> If Err.Number <> 0 Then
> MsgBox "WU programming interface does not exist.", _
> vbInformation + vbSystemModal, "Update history"
> WScript.Quit
> End If
> On Error Goto 0
>
> iTHCount = oWU.GetTotalHistoryCount
> If iTHCount > 0 Then
>
> Set oFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
> Set oShell = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")
> sFile = oShell.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%TEMP%") _
> & "\UpdateHistorySuccess.txt"
> Set f = oFSO.CreateTextFile(sFile, _
> OverwriteIfExist, OpenAsASCII)
>
> iTotal = 0
> iSuccess = 0
> iFailed = 0
> iAborted = 0
> iUnknown = 0
>
> f.WriteLine "Report on successfully installed updates, run at " & Now
> f.WriteLine "---------------------------------" _
> & "---------------------------------"
>
> Set colUpdate = oWU.QueryHistory(0, iTHCount)
>
> For Each oUpdate In colUpdate
>
> sErrorCode = ""
> Select Case oUpdate.ResultCode
> Case 2
> sStatus = "Succeeded"
> iSuccess = iSuccess + 1
> f.WriteLine "Title:" & vbTab & vbTab & vbTab & oUpdate.Title
> f.WriteLine "Description:" & vbTab & vbTab & oUpdate.Description
> f.WriteLine "Date/Time in GMT:" & vbTab & oUpdate.Date
> f.WriteLine "Install mechanism:" & vbTab _
> & oUpdate.ClientApplicationID
> f.WriteLine "---------------------------------" _
> & "---------------------------------"
>
> Case 4
> sStatus = "Failed"
> iFailed = iFailed + 1
> sErrorCode = oUpdate.UnmappedResultCode
> Case 5
> sStatus = "Aborted"
> iAborted = iAborted + 1
> Case Else
> sStatus = "Unknown"
> iUnknown = iUnknown + 1
> End Select
>
> iTotal = iTotal + 1
> Next
>
> f.WriteLine
> f.WriteLine "Total number of update log entries found: " & iTotal
> f.WriteLine "Number of log entries with status success: " & iSuccess
> f.WriteLine "Number of log entries with status failed: " & iFailed _
> & " (not shown in list above!)"
> f.WriteLine "Number of log entries with status aborted: " & iAborted _
> & " (not shown in list above!)"
> f.WriteLine "Number of log entries with status unknown: " & iUnknown _
> & " (not shown in list above!)"
>
> f.Close
> oShell.Run "notepad.exe " & """" & sFile & """", 1, False
> Else
>
> MsgBox "No entries found in Update History.", _
> vbInformation + vbSystemModal, "Update history"
>
> End If
> '--------------------8<----------------------
>
>
>
> --
> torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
> Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
> the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
>
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/default.mspx
>
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