Using the Windows Update Agent API

• Searching, Downloading, and Installing Specific Updates - Win32 apps

  The scripting sample in this topic shows you how to use the Windows Update Agent (WUA) to scan, download, and install a specific update. The update can be specified by its title.

• Other Sources of Windows Update Agent Information - Win32 apps

  The Windows Update Agent APISDK contains the most complete and current descriptions of the API. It is the primary source of developer reference material for WUA.

• Windows Update Agent (WUA) API Reference - Win32 apps

  Windows Update Agent (WUA) API Reference

• Windows Update Agent API - Win32 apps

  The Windows Update Agent (WUA) API is a set of COM interfaces that enable system administrators and programmers to access Windows Update and Windows Server Update Services (WSUS).

• Searching, Downloading, and Installing Updates - Win32 apps

  The scripting sample in this topic shows you how to use Windows Update Agent (WUA) to scan, download, and install updates.

• Determining the Current Version of WUA - Win32 apps

  Determine the version of Windows Update Agent (WUA) before you use it.

• Securing Interfaces, Methods, and Properties in the WUA API - Win32 apps

  When WUA detects that a caller does not have permission to access an interface, method, or property, the HRESULT E\_ACCESSDENIED is returned.

• Windows Update Agent Object Model - Win32 apps

  Programmers using Windows Update Agent (WUA) begin by adding a reference to Wuapi.dll to their current project (in Visual C++, Microsoft Visual Basic, or C\#) or by referencing Wuapi.h and Wuguid.lib in a C or C++ project.

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