{"id":28289,"date":"2024-04-21T09:11:47","date_gmt":"2024-04-21T13:11:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=28289"},"modified":"2024-04-21T09:11:47","modified_gmt":"2024-04-21T13:11:47","slug":"how-to-check-windows-update-history-using-a-command-prompt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/how-to-check-windows-update-history-using-a-command-prompt\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Check Windows Update History\u00a0Using a Command Prompt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><strong>How to Check Windows Update History Using a Command Prompt<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #999999; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">This tip is for Windows 10 and Windows 11<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Windows updates are installed automatically and ensure your Windows system is up-to-date with the latest security patches, bug fixes, and hotfixes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">You probably already know that you can check your Windows Update history by going to Settings &gt; Update &amp; Security &gt; Windows Update (Windows 10)\u00a0 and clicking on \u201cView installed update history\u201d or\u00a0 Settings &gt; Windows Update (Windows 11) &gt; &#8220;Update history:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">But did you know there\u2019s another way to check your Windows updates? You can check your update history using a Command Prompt.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Type CMD in the taskbar search and press Enter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">At the prompt in the Command Prompt window, enter the following command:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"auto-style802\" style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><strong>wmic qfe list<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">And press Enter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2024\/kbwmic.png\" alt=\"Cloudeight Windows 10 and Windows 11 tips \" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2024\/kbwmic2.png\" alt=\"Cloudeight Windows 10 and Windows 11 tips \" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2024\/kbwmic3.png\" alt=\"Cloudeight Windows 10 and Windows 11 tips \" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">All updates will be listed along with the installation date and a KB number.\u00a0 Some updates may display a URL (web address) for the update.\u00a0 You can paste that URL into your browser&#8217;s address bar to learn more about that update.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">If you don&#8217;t see a URL or if the URL does not work, type the KB number into Google search. For instance, one of the recent updates says &#8220;KB5836893\u201d so type or copy &amp; paste KB5836893 into a Google search and you\u2019ll find more information about the update.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">You can search any KB Number to learn more about it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2024\/kbwmic4.png\" alt=\"Cloudeight Windows 11 and Windows 10 tips\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; How to Check Windows Update History Using a Command Prompt This tip is for Windows 10 and Windows 11 Windows updates are installed automatically and ensure your Windows system is up-to-date with the latest security patches, bug fixes, and hotfixes. You probably already know that you can check your Windows Update history by going to Settings\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/how-to-check-windows-update-history-using-a-command-prompt\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/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":[3948,4299,10,2366],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28289"}],"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=28289"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28289\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28290,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28289\/revisions\/28290"}],"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=28289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}