"om" <omagen@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:
> Hello.
> Is there a good way of finding out if a HotFix update is installed on
> a user's machine?
>
> I need to know on install time if this hot fix is installed or not. I
> know the hotfix appears in the Add Remove Programs , and therefore i
> assumed there's a registry entry for it. It seems like its not as easy
> as i hoped: I found it under:
>
> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
> \Component Based Servicing\PackageDetect\Microsoft-Windows-Foundation-
> Package~31bf3856ad364e35~x86~~0.0.0.0]
>
> But to enumerate that key for the specific hotfix that i'm looking for
> seems like not the right approach.
>
> Any ideas?
Go to Control Panel > Windows Update > View Update History and check for
your updates. Hotfixes are included if you did any.
--
BobF.
Lincoln actually got it right but was way ahead of his time when he said,
"You can have some of you computer working all of the time and all of your
computer working some of the time but..." It was he that said that, wasn't
it?