The main driver in development is always input from you.
Please write me at abc-update@abc-deploy.com, when you have a need that is not covered, or if you find problems or things that could be better implemented.

 

What's new in ABC-Update 3.2
April 30^th 2023 Get the tool»

• Category "Update Rollups" included as a recommended category
• Simplified reboot & shutdown dialog
• Bugfix where reboot requests sometimes counted wrong

What's new in ABC-Update 3.1
March 11^th 2023

• Option in cloud to schedule inventory scans at client computers
• Remote tools, now show error from the Operating System if they cannot connect to client
• New pie diagram group SW versions

What's new in ABC-Update 3.0.1
January 23^th 2023

• AD Browser now sort OU's and groups before computers
• Select AD groups containing computers as update targets

What's new in ABC-Update 3.0.0
January 8^th 2023

• Option to collect HW/SW inventory and patch status in cloud dashboards
• Integrate Windows 10/11 Update Assistant for advanced feature upgrades
• Let users specify WSUS target groupname, for sites that use WSUS "Client side targeting"

What's new in ABC-Update 2.3.2
July 17^th 2022

• Handle registry flag "DisableWindowsUpdateAccess". Flag sometimes set by GPO, now ignored during ABC-Update operations
• Bugfix Correctly report error 0x8024002E | WU_E_WU_DISABLED Access to an unmanaged server Is Not allowed
• Bugfix Correctly report error 0x8024500C | This install is prevented by policy

What's new in ABC-Update 2.3.1
May 15^th 2022

• Bugfix Correctly report error 0x80240438 | WSUS URL is invalid, or server not found
• Bugfix Client side targeting

What's new in ABC-Update 2.3
May 1^st 2022

• NEW Feature - Client side targeting
• Bugfix getting Windows 11 build version
• TLS 1.2 now used to download Win10 feature upgrades
• Executables now digitally signed

What's new in ABC-Update 2.2.9
September 16^th 2021

• NEW Feature - Right-Click tools
Right click one or more computers for remote actions to start.

What's new in ABC-Update 2.2.8
July 31^st 2021

• Button to select all update categories
• Button to select recommended categories (Security, Definition, Critical)
• Bugfix, Deploying driver updates from GUI now also include optional updates
• Write logfiles optimized

What's new in ABC-Update 2.2.7
July 1^st 2021

• Show online status in AD browser.
• Uninstall "Windows Update Assistant" and leftover files after Feature Upgrades.
• Wait cursor when importing computers from file.

What's new in ABC-Update 2.2.6
June 1^st 2021

• Option to schedule Windows 10 upgrade to version 21H1
  Windows 10 21H1 is a smaller update that focuses on security improvements and polish.
  The big features originally planned for 21H1 have been delayed by MS to 21H2 in late 2021.

What's new in ABC-Update 2.2.5
December 5^th 2020

• AD browser can now select from all trusting forests and domains
• Download-Only option
• GUI emphasize warning when reboots are selected
• Fix GUI errors when working with AD groups

What's new in ABC-Update 2.2.4
November 3^rd 2020

• All input fields in the GUI remembered for next program start
• Driver updates accept updates that might require input
• Fix error reporting freespace
• Fix error checking battery status

What's new in ABC-Update 2.2.3
October 24^th 2020

• Feature Upgrade to Win10/2009 supported
• Error codes from MS Update processes translated into readable text
• Fix error when sending status eMails with encrypted SMTP

What's new in ABC-Update 2.2.2
November 12^th 2019

• Windows 10 build version shown in activity log window
• If ABC-deploy is installed, then send data collected to ABC database for dashboards and reports
• Work around UAC local admin policy at remote systems
• Accept any number of Windows AD child domains

What's new in ABC-Update 2.2.1
July 7^th 2019

• Show name of logfile in activity log window
• Create directory for logfile if not exist

What's new in ABC-Update 2.2.0
April 7^th 2019

• Windows 10 feature upgrades can be treated as normal updates
• Report status to WSUS server after patching

What's new in ABC-Update 2.1.5
November 4^th 2018

• Fix status update when clients reboot
• Removed some flickering from activity log windows

What's new in ABC-Update 2.1.4
July 11^th 2018

• Fix error in reboot loop seen when .NET 3.51 not present
• More timestamps in activity log

What's new in ABC-Update 2.1.3
May 20^th 2018

• Use DISM as preferred uninstall motor where available
• Correctly interpret reboot requests in "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\Auto Update"

What's new in ABC-Update 2.1.2
March 21^th 2018

• Status window updates
• Reboot loop fix when used in combination with exit action

What's new in ABC-Update 2.1.1
February 20^th 2018

• Fix a slow start issue
• Fix a crash when clients use .NET V2.0
• Fix a crash when browsing multidomain forests

What's new in ABC-Update 2.1.0
December 6^th 2017

• Schedule updates in Service Windows
• Check for new version

What's new in ABC-Update 2.0.6
November 5^th 2017

• Push update operations to AD groups
• Stop counting "Pending file rename operations" as reboot request
• AD Browser now works even if user do not have permission to browse the entire forest

What's new in ABC-Update 2.0.5
August 1^th 2017

• Use maximum of 5 pings to determine online status

What's new in ABC-Update 2.0.4
June 3^th 2017

• Prevent Windows power save while patching
• Pending reboot requests from other programs now detected

What's new in ABC-Update 2.0.2
March 5^th 2017

• Optionally specify URL for WSUS server to use
• Select targets from file
• Save targets to file

What's new in ABC-Update 2.0.1
November 22^th 2016

• Auto elevate to run as administrator and show UAC prompt
• Fixed a crash under Windows 2012 R2

What's new in ABC-Update 2.0
November 6^th 2016

• GUI Version
• Push to remote machines

What's new in ABC-Update 1.9.2
August 16^th 2016

• Send status eMails when finished
• Fixed syntax check when uninstalling

What's new in ABC-Update 1.9.1
February 29^th 2016

• Return codes documented
• Handle WU_E_PT_EXCEEDED_MAX_SERVER_TRIPS MS error

What's new in ABC-Update 1.9
September 2^th 2015

• Changed default to report only missing updates

What's new in ABC-Update 1.8
July 12^th 2015

• Logging features added
• Fixed a problem with the reboot loops, seen at shops that automaticallt flush users temp directory at logoff

What's new in ABC-Update 1.7
May 2^th 2015

• /C: switch, can now be a comma separated list /C:SecurityUpdates, ServicePacks, UpdateRollups
• /T: switch, can now be a comma separated list /T:Software,Driver
• Exit actions, when the program has finished (Maybe after a series of reboots) you can control what the tool should do next.
  /Exit: Default "Nothing"
  Valid actions: Nothing, Logoff, Sleep, Hibernate, Restart, Shutdown

What's new in ABC-Update 1.6
January 18^th 2015

• Display warning if not administrator and UAC enabled
• /K: parameter extended so you can put a “-“ sign in front of a KB number to exclude that particular update

What's new in ABC-Update 1.5
October 14^th 2014

• The first public available version