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SCCM How to Find the List of Patches Installed Via Quick Fix Engineering

SCCM How to Find the List of Patches Installed Via Quick Fix Engineering

Written By Anoop C Nair
Last Updated July 25, 2024
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SCCM How to Find the List of Patches Installed Via Quick Fix Engineering? I’ve seen people requesting reports of a list of Software Updates (patches) installed on a system, along with the Installed dates.

ConfigMgr is not collecting the Software Updates (patches) list for Windows 7/Vista/ 2008/ 2008 Core operating systems. This information is stored in the “Win32_QuickFixEngineering” WMI class on these operating systems (it’s no longer listed in Add Remove Programs).

This class’s inventory is NOT enabled in SMS_DEF.MOF (by default). Hence, ConfigMgr. The report won’t provide these details until you allow the appropriate WMI class in SMS_DEF.MOF.

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SCCM How to Find the List of Patches Installed Via Quick Fix Engineering

In Windows XP, Windows 2003, etc., operating systems, the list of Software Updates (patches) is stored in Add Remove Programs, and the WMI class for Add Remove program is enabled by default SMS_DEF.MOF. Hence, you will get these details from ConfigMgr reports for Windows XP, Windows 2003, etc.

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Enabling the “Win32_QuickFixEngineering” WMI class is not recommended. Refer to the warning given in the SMS_DEF.MOF file below. SCCM How to Find the List of Patches Installed Via Quick Fix Engineering

SCCM How to Find the List of Patches Installed Via Quick Fix Engineering - Fig.1
SCCM How to Find the List of Patches Installed Via Quick Fix Engineering – Fig.1

“DO NOT: Enable the Win32_QuickFixEngineering class unless you have installed the QFE for Q279225. Enabling this class without the QFE will result in inventory cycles taking a very long time to complete on the client and the WINMGMT service using 99% to 100% CPU time and leaking memory.”

The easiest way to get details from a single system is given below.

One-liner command to list down the patch details (applicable only for Windows 7/Vista/ 2008/ 2008 Core operating systems).

Wmic qfe list >c:\list.txt

This will provide you with the list of Software Updates (patches) applied to a system along with the Caption, CSName (the system’s hostname—computer name), Description (the category of the software update—update, Hotfix, Security Update, etc.), HotFixID, installed, installed (the Date of Installation).

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SCCM How to Find the List of Patches Installed Via Quick Fix Engineering – Fig.2

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Anoop C Nair has been Microsoft MVP from 2015 onwards for 10 consecutive years! He is a Workplace Solution Architect with more than 22+ years of experience in Workplace technologies. He is also a Blogger, Speaker, and leader of the Local User Group Community. His main focus is on Device Management technologies like SCCM and Intune. He writes about technologies like Intune, SCCM, Windows, Cloud PC, Windows, Entra, Microsoft Security, Career, etc..

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Anoop C Nair is Workplace Technology solution architect with 25+ years of experience in global enterprise organizations such as JP Morgan, Capgemini, etc. Microsoft Certified Trainer. Microsoft MVP from 2015 onwards for consecutive 11+ years! He also conducts Intune and modern workplace tech training for enterprise organizations. He is Blogger, Speaker, and Founder of HTMD Community and HTMD Conference. His main focus is on Device Management technologies like Intune, Windows, Cloud PC. He writes about technologies like Intune, SCCM, Windows, Cloud PC, Windows, Entra, Microsoft Security.

Discussion · 17 comments

  2. Hi Anoop ,
    So the report’s like Enforcement States for a deployment and other related reports are also giving the same info like what systems are compliant ,failed deployments etc .
    So what about that information . Is that information not legitimate . I believe since its fetching data from SQL database it would be the information that client has sent after giving it’s status against a particular deployment .
    Please advice …
    Thanks in advance…

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  3. Please advice on this coz we are using sql reporting to fetch the data and i guess we are getting correct data on compliance of WIn7 machines .coz it also fetches data from SQL database .

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  5. hai anoop c nair

    iam learning sccm2012 i want list of error codes iam search in google it show different error codes pls share it

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  7. Good article.

    On another note, to find out the list of patches that are missing on machines, a custom report can be created against view v_Update_ComplianceStatusAll with condition status=2

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  9. Great article Anoop. I don’t know if you have approached a software update report from this angle. But to emulate the “product” column in the software update list in the console. That way you can get metrics on how many updates are missing by the OS and what those updates are. Going against the System table and aggregating the OS Version does not seem to have the same values as the product column.

    Thanks,

    Jim

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  10. Great article. Was struggling for a while to do this. Just a question, if my environment does not have any Win 2000, 2003, XP, do I still need to worry about the caution and install the hotfix?

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  11. Hi Anoop,
    I am looking to create a dynamic collection which will add machines to it once a particular patch is installed. Can you help me with this please.

    Thanks,
    Piyush

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  18. HI Anoop,

    how can we check, list of server and server names for which latest windows patches installed in SCCM and also how to generate server list which is pending of windows patch update in SCCM
    and
    also how can we trigger patch updates from SCCM console for a perticular client server

    Reply

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