Detecting Windows Updates in LabVIEW?

[z.ben]

Hi, I have a LabVIEW application running on a Windows 7 PC. This PC gets its notorious Windows Updates every week. I'm looking for a possibility in LabVIEW to detect the new Window state after the Windows Update, e.g. by reading the OS build number and compare this to the number I read in the last time. However, I'm not quite sure if the OS build number changes after every Windows Update.

Did anybody face this problem before? Is there a solution?

Thanks in advance!!

[TiTou]

I believe you can find such info in the registry, see under : HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate

(that is for XP, could be different for 7)

You have functions in the connectivity palette to read / write registry keys, and example VI in LabVIEW example finder to see how to ise these.

Hope this helps

[z.ben]

This solution looks pretty cool!! I guess the attribute 'FeaturedUpdatesNotificationSeqNumGenTime' tells me when the last Windows Update was executed??

[TiTou · Accepted solution]

Just google the key name and you'll probably find documentation on Microsoft's website. And if that's not exactly the key you nedd look in the related links until you get the one you want.

Hope that helps

[z.ben]

Thanks a lot for your help!!