change windows update setting on a remote machine using powershell

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  Hi,

   

  I have been try to change windows update setting on a remote machine using powershell, below laid down is the way how iam trying to  do this
  first I enter into the pssession of that system
   Enter-PSSession -ComputerName "192.168.60.202" -Credential $cred 
  then, create a com object of AutoUpdate which got created successfully.
  

  $AUSettings = New-Object -ComObject Microsoft.Update.AutoUpdate
  $AUSettings.Settings.NotificationLevel = 4
  
  wheni try to set the NotificationLevel it throws an error which states
  Property 'NotificationLevel' cannot be found on this object; make sure it exists and is settable.
  At line:1 char:1
  + $settings.NotificationLevel = 0
  + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
      + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PropertyNotFound

  And when i tried getting the member of Settings I got an error which states
  

  [192.168.60.202]: PS C:\Users\admin\Documents> $AUSettings.Settings | Get-Member
  Get-Member : No object has been specified to the get-member cmdlet.
  At line:1 char:24
  + $AUSettings.Settings | Get-Member
  +                        ~~~~~~~~~~
      + CategoryInfo          : CloseError: (:) [Get-Member], InvalidOperationException
      + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NoObjectInGetMember,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetMemberCommand

  
  this is very strange 'cause when I do the same on my local machine things goes smooth and fine, iam able to set each and every property defined in Settings

  the members under $AUSettings are 
  

  [192.168.60.202]: PS C:\Users\admin\Documents> $AUSettings | Get-Member
  
  
     TypeName: System.__ComObject#{4a2f5c31-cfd9-410e-b7fb-29a653973a0f}
  
  Name               MemberType Definition
  ----               ---------- ----------
  DetectNow          Method     void DetectNow ()
  EnableService      Method     void EnableService ()
  Pause              Method     void Pause ()
  Resume             Method     void Resume ()
  ShowSettingsDialog Method     void ShowSettingsDialog ()
  Results            Property   IAutomaticUpdatesResults Results () {get}
  ServiceEnabled     Property   bool ServiceEnabled () {get}
  Settings           Property   IAutomaticUpdatesSettings Settings () {get}

  and member under Settings on local are
  

  PS C:\Users\cloudadmin> $AUSettings.Settings | Get-Member
  
  
     TypeName: System.__ComObject#{b587f5c3-f57e-485f-bbf5-0d181c5cd0dc}
  
  Name                      MemberType Definition
  ----                      ---------- ----------
  CheckPermission           Method     bool CheckPermission (AutomaticUpdatesUserType, AutomaticUpdatesPermissionType)
  Refresh                   Method     void Refresh ()
  Save                      Method     void Save ()
  FeaturedUpdatesEnabled    Property   bool FeaturedUpdatesEnabled () {get} {set}
  IncludeRecommendedUpdates Property   bool IncludeRecommendedUpdates () {get} {set}
  NonAdministratorsElevated Property   bool NonAdministratorsElevated () {get} {set}
  NotificationLevel         Property   AutomaticUpdatesNotificationLevel NotificationLevel () {get} {set}
  ReadOnly                  Property   bool ReadOnly () {get}
  Required                  Property   bool Required () {get}
  ScheduledInstallationDay  Property   AutomaticUpdatesScheduledInstallationDay ScheduledInstallationDay () {get} {set}
  ScheduledInstallationTime Property   int ScheduledInstallationTime () {get} {set}

  Iam wondering if I can access the Read-Write properties on remote computer.

  thanks in advance

  
  -Noor

  
  

  • Edited by noor syed Tuesday, October 16, 2012 3:54 PM

  Tuesday, October 16, 2012 3:54 PM