Powershell Remote: Microsoft.Update.Session, Access Denied: 0x80070005

Question

I\'ve written a script to search/download/install Windows Updates on a machine using the Microsoft.Update.Session COM Object. When run locally it works just fine, however wh

Answer 1

The other solution is to change Windows registry setting using PowerShell and optionally restart wuauserv for the changes to take effect.

For example in Windows Server 2008R2 AutoUpdate settings can be found at:

HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\Auto Update