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> Any way to save the output of "Review your update history"
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post Nov 12 2007, 11:35 AM
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Is there some way to save the output of "Review your update history" on the Windows Update site, other than displaying each page and doing a cut and paste to a file? I currently have 5 pages.

What I want to do is create an entry in my Tips database that is easily and quickly searchable. Not a big deal, just something I'd like to do if possible without a lot of manual processing.
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post Nov 12 2007, 12:38 PM
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Hey Ztruker,

You may appreciate the following macro:
VBA Express : Excel - List contents of the 'Windows Updates' history.

You could even customize it yourself (if need be) and brush up on your VB skills!

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post Nov 12 2007, 01:36 PM
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Many thanks Ax, I did a lot of searching for this but never got any response suggesting an Excel VB Macro. Works perfectly.

I can leave in Excel or export as a CSV file and import into MySQL, exactly what I was looking for.
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post Nov 12 2007, 03:23 PM
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Ztruker,

That's great, I'm glad to hear it! I was hoping it would work (hadn't tried it) because I had a few things in mind on how to utilize the logic presented in the macro.

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post Nov 13 2007, 08:11 AM
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While on the topic, here's another utility you can use to view the updates that are installed on your computer:
WinUpdatesList - View Windows Updates (Service Packs and Hotfixes)
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post Nov 13 2007, 08:49 AM
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I've always liked Belarc Advisor to tell me more than I need to know, including hardware specifications, including motherboard make, model, BIOS version, CPU, graphics, RAM, drives, etc. but also registered software, keys, hotfixes (with status), and much more.
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WinUpdatesList is okay, but does not show the files contained in each update for all the updates I have installed. It probably looks at the uninstall ($NtUninstal****) folders in \Windows to determine them and I've deleted all of them prior to July 1 2007.

Belarc is a good tool. I use it along with SIW but neither are as much fun as the Excel macro biggrin.gif
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post Nov 13 2007, 12:46 PM
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Possibly you are correct, in the end it just depends on what kind of details you are looking for. Thanks for the added information!
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post Nov 13 2007, 04:59 PM
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QUOTE(Ztruker @ Nov 13 2007, 03:35 AM) *
Is there some way to save the output of "Review your update history" on the Windows Update site, other than displaying each page and doing a cut and paste to a file? I currently have 5 pages.

What I want to do is create an entry in my Tips database that is easily and quickly searchable. Not a big deal, just something I'd like to do if possible without a lot of manual processing.


HERE is just one more program that gives extensive information about your entire system.

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