Hi.

I am installing several Windows 2003 severs and I want to update them before I connect them to internet. Therefore i need to update the servers offline. To do that I have to check what patches to install and then download them from windows update. To check what patches (over 40 patches)that are missing I use MBSA and write the output to a XML file. Then I move the XML file to a internetcomputer and use a vbscript to read the XML file to get the url to every patch needed and download them to a specified folder. My problem is the "File Download - Security Warning" and "Save as" windows you get when you download a KB123456.exe from windows update using internet explorer. Here is an example from the XML file
<DownloadURL>http://www.download.windowsupdate.co...82e4dc81ce.exe</DownloadURL>

I have searched internet for a good solution but I cant find any. I have managed to get a couple of the patches but it randomly stops working. And I think it is because I use appactivate and sendkeys, the only way I managed to work. But I guess thats the problem when I use that solution working with windows and simulating mouseclicks. I works for the first patch but when it loops back to next in line the problem starts. Here is the function for download i use in the script

HTML Code:

Function funcDownload_Patch
 Set IE = CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application")
 IE.visible = 1
  IE.navigate( varUrl )
 Do Until Success1 = True
     Success1 = wshShell.AppActivate("File Download - Security Warning")
      Wscript.Sleep 1000
 Loop
 wshShell.appactivate("File Download - Security Warning")
 wshShell.SendKeys "%(S)" 
  Do Until Success2 = True
       Success2 = wshShell.AppActivate("Save as")
       Wscript.Sleep 1000
  Loop
 wshShell.appactivate("Save As") 
 wshShell.SendKeys "%(S)" 
 
 End function

But there must be a better way to do this, I hope anyway .

Can anyone help me with a better technicue?

Best regards
Twinnis