• Windows Update Client Side Targeting
• Windows Update Client Registry Settings
• Windows Update Client Version
• Reinstall Windows Update Client

The latest version of the Windows Update Agent for Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP is 7.6.7600.256. Improvements in version 7.6.7600.256 of the Windows Update Agent. A hardened infrastructure so that the Windows Update client will trust only those files that are signed by a.

While Windows Updates works smoothly most of the time, users may at times encounter issues while running Windows Update – like for instance – despite updates being available, the service might not detect and install them, updates might get not get installed properly, thus creating issues, the Windows Update service might be stuck at ‘updating’ and not update at all, and so on.

While one could try restarting the system, re-initiating the Windows Update service, rolling back previous updates if possible, troubleshooting Windows Update, run the Windows Update Troubleshooter, it may not always work. We have already seen how to manually reset Windows Update components to default. Today we will take a look at a Reset Windows Update Client Script that will completely reset the Windows Update client settings.

Reset Windows Update Client

This script will completely reset the Windows Update client settings. It has been tested on Windows 7, 8, 10, and Server 2012 R2. It will configure the services and registry keys related to Windows Update for default settings. It will also clean up files related to Windows Update, in addition to BITS related data. Because of some limitations of the cmdlets available in PowerShell, this script calls some legacy utilities (sc.exe, netsh.exe, wusa.exe, etc).

Take a backup of your data, restart your Windows system and log in as Administrator.

Windows Update Client Side Targeting

Download the PowerShell file from Technet. Right-click on the Reset-WindowsUpdate.psi file and select Run with PowerShell.

You will be asked to confirm. Once you confirm, the script will run and reset Windows Update client.

Windows Update Client Registry Settings

The tool configures the registry keys, settings and services to default values. All updates are reset and once done, the system can be rebooted and the updates reinstalled.

Once the process is over, the PowerShell window will exit.

We had earlier also taken a look at another tool called Reset Windows Update Agent Tool that lets you reset the WU Agent to default values. This tool been updated to be compatible with Windows Creator update and has been downloaded by more than 100,000 users.

Windows Update Client Version

Reinstall Windows Update Client

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