{"id":22940,"date":"2022-02-02T08:49:38","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T13:49:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=22940"},"modified":"2022-02-02T08:49:38","modified_gmt":"2022-02-02T13:49:38","slug":"how-to-use-a-command-prompt-to-check-windows-update-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/how-to-use-a-command-prompt-to-check-windows-update-history\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Use a Command Prompt to Check Windows Update History"},"content":{"rendered":"

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How to Use a Command Prompt to Check Windows Update History<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

This tip works in Windows 10 and Windows 11<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Windows updates are, by default, installed automatically and ensure that your Windows system is up-to-date with the latest security patches, bug fixes, and hotfixes.<\/span><\/p>\n

And you might already know that you can check your Windows Update history in Windows 10 by going to Settings > Update & Security > Windows Update and clicking on \u201cView installed update history\u201d,\u00a0 or in Windows 11 by going to Settings > Windows Update and clicking on “Update history”.<\/span><\/p>\n

But there\u2019s another way. And it may be faster for you. You can check your update history using Command Prompt this way:<\/span><\/p>\n

Type CMD in taskbar search (or taskbar\/start menu search in Windows 11) and when Command Prompt appears press Enter.<\/span><\/p>\n

At the prompt in the Command Prompt window, enter the following command:<\/span><\/p>\n

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And press Enter.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Cloudeight<\/span><\/p>\n

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For each update, you’ll see a URL (web address) for the update. If you\u2019re interested and want to know more about the update, just copy the URL from the Command Prompt window and paste it into your favorite browser\u2019s address bar. <\/span><\/p>\n

If you want to save time, type KB number into Google (or your favorite) search engine. For instance, one of the updates is \u201cKB5008353\u201d. So, type KB5008353 into Google search (or search of your choice) and you\u2019ll get a link to the relevant Microsoft page with more information about the KB5008353 update.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Cloudeight<\/span><\/p>\n

If you\u2019re a Windows PowerShell fan, you\u2019ll be happy to know that you can use PowerShell instead of a Command Prompt and achieve the same results.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        How to Use a Command Prompt to Check Windows Update History This tip works in Windows 10 and Windows 11 Windows updates are, by default, installed automatically and ensure that your Windows system is up-to-date with the latest security patches, bug fixes, and hotfixes. And you might already know that you can check your\u2026 Read More »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22147,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3948,4299,2366],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22940"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22940"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22940\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22942,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22940\/revisions\/22942"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}