
WSUS Options
/bypass_wsus !!!DEPRECATED!!! This option is deprecated, use /UseUpdateService instead. The bypass_wsus option bypasses any configured WSUS and forces WuInstall to access the Windows Update site. If a WSUS is configured, WuInstall changes the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU, Value UseWuServer from 1 to 0, which means that no WSUS should be used. If you type WUInstall.exe /search /bypass_wsus and a WSUS is configured, the output is: You are using WSUS Server http://mywsus.local:8530 bypass_wsus specified, bypassing WSUS ... successful! After the execution of WuInstall, resetting the UseWuServer value to 1 restores the initial state. bypass_wsus specified, reactivating WSUS ... successful! When the execution of WuInstall is aborted for some reason before WuInstall can reset the registry value, it has to be reset manually! /use_wsus wsus_address The /use_wsus option works similar to the /bypass_wsus option, but you can specify another WSUS, which is valid during the execution of WuInstall (or it allows you to switch from no WSUS at all to a certain WSUS). WuInstall manipulates the following registry keys: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU\UseWuServer: is set to 1 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\WUServer: is set to the specified wsus_address HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\WUStatusServer: is set to the specified wsus_address and stores the initial values for resetting them after WuInstall has finished. For example, if you have WSUS http://mywsus.local:8530 configured, and want to go to the WSUS http://mywsus2.local:8530, you type: WUInstall.exe /search /use_wsus http://mywsus2.local:8530 and WuInstall puts out: You are using WSUS Server http://mywsus.local:8530 use_wsus specified .... WUServer and WUStatusServer successfully set to http://mywsus2.local:8530 After the execution of WuInstall, the initial state is restored (in this example, the WSUS is reset to http://mywsus.local:8530) use_wsus specified, deactivating WSUS again resetting WUServer to http://mywsus.local:8530, WUStatusServer to http://mywsus.local:8530 ... successful! When the execution of WuInstall is aborted for some reason before WuInstall can reset the registry values, they have to be reset manually! /use_mu_on_error When an error occurs while trying to install an update using WSUS, WuInstall automatically tries again to install the updates bypassing the WSUS using Microsoft Update. /use_wu_on_eror When an error occurs while trying to install an update using WSUS, WuInstall automatically tries again to install the updates bypassing the WSUS using Windows Update.

WSUS Options

/bypass_wsus !!!DEPRECATED!!!

This option is deprecated, use /UseUpdateService instead.

The bypass_wsus option bypasses any configured WSUS and forces WuInstall to access the Windows Update site.

If a WSUS is configured, WuInstall changes the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU, Value UseWuServer from 1 to 0, which means that no WSUS should be used.

If you type

WUInstall.exe /search /bypass_wsus

and a WSUS is configured, the output is:

You are using WSUS Server http://mywsus.local:8530
bypass_wsus specified, bypassing WSUS ... successful!

After the execution of WuInstall, resetting the UseWuServer value to 1 restores the initial state.

bypass_wsus specified, reactivating WSUS ... successful!

When the execution of WuInstall is aborted for some reason before WuInstall can reset the registry value, it has to be reset manually!

/use_wsus wsus_address

The /use_wsus option works similar to the /bypass_wsus option, but you can specify another WSUS, which is valid during the execution of WuInstall (or it allows you to switch from no WSUS at all to a certain WSUS).

WuInstall manipulates the following registry keys:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU\UseWuServer: is set to 1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\WUServer: is set to the specified wsus_address
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\WUStatusServer: is set to the specified wsus_address

and stores the initial values for resetting them after WuInstall has finished.

For example, if you have WSUS http://mywsus.local:8530 configured, and want to go to the WSUS http://mywsus2.local:8530, you type:

WUInstall.exe /search /use_wsus http://mywsus2.local:8530

and WuInstall puts out:

 You are using WSUS Server http://mywsus.local:8530
use_wsus specified ....  WUServer and WUStatusServer successfully set to http://mywsus2.local:8530

After the execution of WuInstall, the initial state is restored (in this example, the WSUS is reset to http://mywsus.local:8530)

 use_wsus specified, deactivating WSUS again
resetting  WUServer to http://mywsus.local:8530, WUStatusServer to http://mywsus.local:8530 ... successful!

When the execution of WuInstall is aborted for some reason before WuInstall can reset the registry values, they have to be reset manually!

/use_mu_on_error

When an error occurs while trying to install an update using WSUS, WuInstall automatically tries again to install the updates bypassing the WSUS using Microsoft Update.

/use_wu_on_eror

When an error occurs while trying to install an update using WSUS, WuInstall automatically tries again to install the updates bypassing the WSUS using Windows Update.