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Identifying installed
patches or hot fixes in Windows server is an important aspect while
troubleshooting certain issues. We would need to check out how many patches are
already installed or how many are missing; especially in some circumstances
such as if some hot fixes are causing application conflict.
Here are two easy ways to view
list of installed hot fixes.
Open
‘RUN’ and type ‘appwiz.cpl’, and in the add remove programs window, select ‘show
updates’ check box. You can view installed updates there as you see in the
below picture.
It is possible to view
installed updates in command line using ‘srvinfo’ command. But Microsoft
resource kit must be installed prior to this.
Download Microsoft resource kit
from below link: (Microsoft resource kit contains a hand full of tools which
will help better administer Windows Server plant)
Resource
Kit: http://download.microsoft.com/download/8/e/c/8ec3a7d8-05b4-440a-a71e-ca3ee25fe057/rktools.exe
After
completing rktools.exe installation, go to command prompt and run ‘srvinfo’. Among
a number of other results, installed hot fixes can also be viewed, as you see
in below screenshot.
