Windows Update Manager

Nothing is missing actually. I just never saw a post from you saying it's ready for primetime yet.

 

Excellent news! I'll replace WUMT with WuMgr on my own machine with your next release then, and use it exclusively. I'll be one of your bug testers. I would have been already, but I've had too many irons in the fire lately.

 

@DavidXanatos I think that's a fine idea, but of course I'd have to try it out for a while to give a definitive answer. What I mean by that is if the scripts folder had a lot of scripts in it, which in my case it already does (3 permanent .cmd's); and (3 temporary: 1 "close.cmd" and 2 task creation .xml files that are created and deleted as the script runs), it might create confusion for the end-user with multiple scripts. That could be solved by me putting them in a ".\bin" or ".\Don't run these" folder in the main folder where WuMgr is. But yes, that sounds great. And I don't see where you should "improve something else", but then again, I'd have to use it a while to give you a better response about that. So, what I'm saying is, I don't want to steer you in the wrong direction by not having first having tried these options. At the end of the day, I think your ideas are sound and it seems like you have a great plan for WuMgr. I'll have better answers for you soon...

 

@DavidXanatos i've few queries.
* Just tested Restrict access to wu server option, seems to work good for disabling auto updates but ques comes to mind,
- what happens if some update hijackers by windows decide to update forcefully?
- It'll break defender auto definition updates? in that case a scheduled task to update definition is required?
- I've come to know that if graphic driver is missing and resolution is not correct, in that case windows forces driver update for graphic. will it be able to block those force
updates?


* In education edition, i selected to disable updates in GPO option with wumgr. but i can't seem to find any changed entry in windows update section in GPO.
is it suppose to change any entry in gpo to enabled, disabled?

 

How do I run a more involved -onclose command with WuMgr to prevent a command prompt from briefly flashing? The following doesn't work. I've tried closing quotes and every other trick I could think of. It seems as if there is a space in the command following -onclose, it won't work, or am I doing it wrong?

Code:

wumgr.exe -update -online 7971f918-a847-4430-9279-4a52d1efe18d -onclose start "" /min cmd /C close.cmd

I also must mention that WuMgr's ability to register and use Microsoft Update is awesome.

 

Are you taking into account Update Assistant sneaking in through a random update? Files in %systemroot%\UpdateAssistantV2\ and/or %systemroot%\UpdateAssistant\ installed by an update, when triggered, initiates the creation of %systemdrive%\Windows10Upgrade\Windows10UpgraderApp.exe and if it's not stopped it's game over. I use the lock-system-files approach and am planning to lock those files soon, but have considered using ifeo to block those files, but I don't know if I really trust it. Considering they already bypass the hosts file, how long will it be before update hijackers can bypass ifeo too? They could even bypass other registry tricks too but I'm getting way ahead of myself here. Just letting you know what I'm thinking about the possibilities of the future. If they make it so I can't lock system files it's game over for me so I don't want to sound like I can predict the future.
Just thought I'd mention this. You keep doing your thing your way and I'll keep doing mine my way and if one method has a problem, code from one method can possibly be used to help another, or maybe the day will come when several devs have to work together on one solution.. I'm glad there are so many who are working on this problem. This is a lot like a game of chess, except with multiple players who are rarely if ever in the same location.

 

Did you try this :
after statement 442 of the script, add

Code:

echo @echo off

 

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after starting 0.6 it asks for admin rights and then nothing happens. (nothing in task manager related to this and i've tried restarting pc)

 

sorry idk what is console. btw just tried with uac set to never notify and still the same behavior.

 

ohh
here is the log

Code:

E:\WuMgr_v0.6>wumgr.exe

E:\WuMgr_v0.6>Starting...
LOG: Update Manager for Windows, Version v0.6 by David Xanatos
LOG: This Tool is Open Source under the GNU General Public License, Version 3

LOG: Windows Update Agent Version: 8.0 (10.0.17134.137)
Update Services:
DCat Flighting Prod: 8b24b027-1dee-babb-9a95-3517dfb9c552
Windows Store (DCat Prod): 855e8a7c-ecb4-4ca3-b045-1dfa50104289
Windows Server Update Service: 3da21691-e39d-4da6-8a4b-b43877bcb1b7
Windows Update: 9482f4b4-e343-43b6-b170-9a65bc822c77

Unhandled Exception: System.AccessViolationException: Attempted to read or write protected memory. This is often an indication that other memory is corrupt.
   at System.Windows.Forms.UnsafeNativeMethods.CallWindowProc(IntPtr wndProc, IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wParam, IntPtr lParam)
   at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.DefWndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.DefWndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.ListView.WndProc(Message& m)
   at wumgr.ListViewExtended.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)
   at wumgr.ListViewExtended.SendMessage(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 Msg, Int32 wParam, LVGROUP lParam)
   at wumgr.ListViewExtended.setGrpState(ListViewGroup lstvwgrp, ListViewGroupState state)
   at wumgr.ListViewExtended.SetGroupState(ListViewGroupState state)
   at wumgr.WuMgr.LoadList(List`1 List)
   at wumgr.WuMgr.LoadList()
   at wumgr.WuMgr.SwitchList(UpdateLists List)
   at wumgr.WuMgr..ctor()
   at wumgr.Program.Main(String[] args)

 

Previous log for when i started the cmd as admin.
this time cmd with no admin rights and the log is this. (uac set to default)

Code:

E:\WuMgr_v0.6>wumgr.exe

E:\WuMgr_v0.6>Starting...
LOG: Update Manager for Windows, Version v0.6 by David Xanatos
LOG: This Tool is Open Source under the GNU General Public License, Version 3

Trying to get admin privilegs...
LOG: SkipUacRun Error System.IO.FileNotFoundException: The system cannot find the file specified. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070002)
   at TaskScheduler.ITaskFolder.GetTask(String Path)
   at wumgr.Program.SkipUacRun()