Choose “A” for all updates, or “R” for recommended updates, and a scan will start.

Select option “6” to “Download and Install Windows Updates”.

Run “sconfig” to launch the “Server Configuration” application.

Open an Administrative (elevated) command prompt.This also works with Windows Server Update Services so you can use this method either connecting to Windows Update (Microsoft Update) or Windows Server Update Services (WSUS). You can use this method on all modern Windows Server versions: On Windows Server instances that have a GUI, I find it way faster and more responsive to just open an elevated (Administrative) command prompt, and kick off Windows Updates from there. If there was an easier alternative to perform this function, wouldn’t it just make sense?

The GUI also creates additional overhead and clutter. I’ve seen this true on newer Windows operating systems where the Windows Update GUI stops updating and you just sit there thinking the updates are running, when they are actually all complete. Using a GUI is great, however sometimes it’s not needed, and sometimes it even causes problems if it looses the backend connection where it’s pulling the data from.

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