Powershell Remote: Microsoft.Update.Session, Access Denied: 0x80070005

Question

I\'ve written a script to search/download/install Windows Updates on a machine using the Microsoft.Update.Session COM Object. When run locally it works just fine, however wh

Answer 1

the windows update code isn't callable form a remote machine. there are a few workarounds out on the web, including using psexec and a script (powershell or vbscript).

I used WUInstall myself and BoeProx has documented a few alternatives and has started a project PoshPAIG. I moved jobs before using this so don't know if it works.