Forcing Software Updates

We just finished our patch cycle.  Now we had a client update MSIE to version 11.  I see in WindowsUpdate.log that he applied the update to MSIE version 9 during our patch pilot last week. We run software updates using Task Sequences, so our deployments
have no deadline.  How can I force that client to apply the MSIE 11 patch without re-running an advert\TS?  I'd prefer to do this via PWS and WMI. 
I see there are various WMI triggers, but I'm not sure how they apply here.
Software update scan is {00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000113}
Software update store is {00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000114}
Software updates deployment is {00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000108}
Do I need to run these in some kind of sequence? If I just trigger a scan (113), I can see the scan take place, but the missing patch is not applied.  I want the client to realize it's missing a patch, download it from SCCM, and then apply it. 
Note I'm not really asking how to apply this one specific patch, I'm trying to understand this process and how I can control it.

If the deployment has no deadline, then the updates will never be installed automatically. There is no way to do what you ask without using a TS or (possibly) a script. That's the whole point of using deadlines and is how updates were designed to work.
Using a TS, while technically valid, is more or less working outside of the workflow as designed for the product.
Jason | http://blog.configmgrftw.com

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