I'm trying an example from M$ site regarding calling Windows Update programatically. 'http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa387102%28VS.85%29.aspx 'http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa386526%28v=vs.85%29.aspx Set updateSession = CreateObject("Microsoft.Update.Session") Set updateSearcher = updateSession.CreateupdateSearcher() WScript.Echo "Searching for updates..." & vbCRLF Set searchResult = updateSearcher.Search("IsInstalled=1 and Type='Software'") On executing the last line, if your network is broken, I'll see on CMD window: C:\wu-script\wu-install.vbs(9, [...] read more