How to find updates installed

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Hi all how to find the updates installed in 2003 and 8.. wimc qfe didnt give the exact output as what i see in updates installed in my system... found the below code but is not working 2003 and 8 os...
$Session = New-Object -ComObject "Microsoft.Update.Session" 
$Searcher = $Session.CreateUpdateSearcher() 
$historyCount = $Searcher.GetTotalHistoryCount() 
$b = $Searcher.QueryHistory(0, $historyCount) | Select-Object Date,Title, 
@{name="Operation"; expression={switch($_.operation){ 
1. {"Installation"}; 2 {"Uninstallation"}; 3 {"Other"}}}},
@{name="Status"; expression={switch($_.resultcode){ 
1. {"In Progress"}; 2 {"Succeeded"}; 3 {"Succeeded With Errors"};
1. {"Failed"}; 5 {"Aborted"}
Can some one help me in getting the exact out put for 2003 & 8
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7 minutes ago

Answer 1

Hi There,
The code you've pasted seems to be a little bit messed up. I've corrected and tested it and it seems to work OK:
$Session = New-Object -ComObject "Microsoft.Update.Session"
$Searcher = $Session.CreateUpdateSearcher()
$historyCount = $Searcher.GetTotalHistoryCount()
$b = $Searcher.QueryHistory(0, $historyCount) | Select-Object Date,Title,@{name="Operation"; expression={switch($_.operation){1 {"Installation"}; 2 {"Uninstallation"}; 3 {"Other"}}}},@{name="Status"; expression={switch($_.resultcode){ 1 {"In Progress"}; 2 {"Succeeded"}; 3 {"Succeeded With Errors"}; 4 {"Failed"}; 5 {"Aborted"};}}}
$b
It actually would have almost worked except for the odd line breaks and the messed up items in the switch statements. I also added the output of the variable $b to the end to show it working.
HTH.