Reset-WindowsUpdate.ps1
<#PSScriptInfo .VERSION 1.20 .GUID 8f60455b-7b2e-4187-860f-47c1fa7698d6 .AUTHOR Ryan Nemeth Written by: Ryan Nemeth Find me on: * My Blog: http://www.geekyryan.com * Twitter: https://twitter.com/geeky_ryan * LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-nemeth-b0b1504b/ * Github: https://github.com/rnemeth90 * TechNet: https://social.technet.microsoft.com/profile/ryan%20nemeth/ .COMPANYNAME .COPYRIGHT .TAGS .LICENSEURI .PROJECTURI .ICONURI .EXTERNALMODULEDEPENDENCIES .REQUIREDSCRIPTS .EXTERNALSCRIPTDEPENDENCIES .RELEASENOTES Reset-WindowsUpdate.ps1 - Resets the Windows Update components Results are printed to the console. Future releases will support outputting to a log file. Change Log V1.00, 05/21/2015 - Initial version V1.10, 09/22/2016 - Fixed bug with call to sc.exe V1.20, 11/13/2017 - Fixed environment variables .PRIVATEDATA #> <# .DESCRIPTION This script will reset all of the Windows Updates components to DEFAULT SETTINGS. #> Param() $arch = Get-WMIObject -Class Win32_Processor -ComputerName LocalHost | Select-Object AddressWidth Write-Host "1. Stopping Windows Update Services..." Stop-Service -Name BITS Stop-Service -Name wuauserv Stop-Service -Name appidsvc Stop-Service -Name cryptsvc Write-Host "2. Remove QMGR Data file..." Remove-Item "$env:allusersprofile\Application Data\Microsoft\Network\Downloader\qmgr*.dat" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue Write-Host "3. Renaming the Software Distribution and CatRoot Folder..." Rename-Item $env:systemroot\SoftwareDistribution SoftwareDistribution.bak -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue Rename-Item $env:systemroot\System32\Catroot2 catroot2.bak -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue Write-Host "4. Removing old Windows Update log..." Remove-Item $env:systemroot\WindowsUpdate.log -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue Write-Host "5. Resetting the Windows Update Services to defualt settings..." "sc.exe sdset bits D:(A;;CCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRRC;;;SY)(A;;CCDCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRSDRCWDWO;;;BA)(A;;CCLCSWLOCRRC;;;AU)(A;;CCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRRC;;;PU)" "sc.exe sdset wuauserv D:(A;;CCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRRC;;;SY)(A;;CCDCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRSDRCWDWO;;;BA)(A;;CCLCSWLOCRRC;;;AU)(A;;CCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRRC;;;PU)" Set-Location $env:systemroot\system32 Write-Host "6. Registering some DLLs..." regsvr32.exe /s atl.dll regsvr32.exe /s urlmon.dll regsvr32.exe /s mshtml.dll regsvr32.exe /s shdocvw.dll regsvr32.exe /s browseui.dll regsvr32.exe /s jscript.dll regsvr32.exe /s vbscript.dll regsvr32.exe /s scrrun.dll regsvr32.exe /s msxml.dll regsvr32.exe /s msxml3.dll regsvr32.exe /s msxml6.dll regsvr32.exe /s actxprxy.dll regsvr32.exe /s softpub.dll regsvr32.exe /s wintrust.dll regsvr32.exe /s dssenh.dll regsvr32.exe /s rsaenh.dll regsvr32.exe /s gpkcsp.dll regsvr32.exe /s sccbase.dll regsvr32.exe /s slbcsp.dll regsvr32.exe /s cryptdlg.dll regsvr32.exe /s oleaut32.dll regsvr32.exe /s ole32.dll regsvr32.exe /s shell32.dll regsvr32.exe /s initpki.dll regsvr32.exe /s wuapi.dll regsvr32.exe /s wuaueng.dll regsvr32.exe /s wuaueng1.dll regsvr32.exe /s wucltui.dll regsvr32.exe /s wups.dll regsvr32.exe /s wups2.dll regsvr32.exe /s wuweb.dll regsvr32.exe /s qmgr.dll regsvr32.exe /s qmgrprxy.dll regsvr32.exe /s wucltux.dll regsvr32.exe /s muweb.dll regsvr32.exe /s wuwebv.dll Write-Host "7) Removing WSUS client settings..." REG DELETE "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate" /v AccountDomainSid /f REG DELETE "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate" /v PingID /f REG DELETE "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate" /v SusClientId /f Write-Host "8) Resetting the WinSock..." netsh winsock reset netsh winhttp reset proxy Write-Host "9) Delete all BITS jobs..." Get-BitsTransfer | Remove-BitsTransfer Write-Host "10) Attempting to install the Windows Update Agent..." if($arch -eq 64){ wusa Windows8-RT-KB2937636-x64 /quiet } else{ wusa Windows8-RT-KB2937636-x86 /quiet } Write-Host "11) Starting Windows Update Services..." Start-Service -Name BITS Start-Service -Name wuauserv Start-Service -Name appidsvc Start-Service -Name cryptsvc Write-Host "12) Forcing discovery..." wuauclt /resetauthorization /detectnow Write-Host "Process complete. Please reboot your computer." |