Updates not been run for months

First, I'd say make sure WSUS is still syncing with MS, and then download and enable my script.http://community.spiceworks.com/scripts/show/2998-adamj-wsus-cleanupAdjust this variable to today's date (21)
[int]$AdamjDeclineSuperseededUpdatesWhatDayToRun = '1'Run the script and change it back to 1.This will start you off with the best possible (and least number) of updates you need to approve. Then do them 10 a day (after reading what they do).
Inside of Options, go to Automatic Approvalssee what's in there. you can set it up to "When an update is in critical updates, security updates""approve the update for all computers"enable that, and modify it how you want.

Ok,I started this job about a month ago, I discovered a WSUS server a little while ago and have just managed to get some time to have a bit of a closer look at it- I can't say I'm overly chuffed with what I've discovered - no updates have been approved since the end of Feb, some of the machines are in need of hundreds of updates. I've confirmed this by looking on a couple of client machines which haven't been updated since end of Feb. I've also got some updates from Mid 2014 that haven't been approved - no idea if these weren't approved for a reason by the last guy.I don't really want to approve them all now - don't think I'm going to be too popular when people close down their computers at the end of the day and they have to wait for a couple hundred updates to install.Any advice as to how best approach this and get these machines up...
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Hello,
I use oldcmp.exe to show me what computers have not been used for months and I can disable them, but I wish to do the same for users Active Directory accounts, is this possible?
We use AD 2003
Thanks

sorry for slightly belated reply. I've used another version of this script that doesn't have the GUI interface on it, this will make it easier for you to run from a scheduled task.
copy the code and make the relevant changes to the top section of the script as the comments explain. This will send and email with a link to the report generated.
#Script designed to search AD for inactive user accounts, mark them as inactive and move them to a specific OU then disable them
#Script can be run in the following formats
# 1. Report only
# 2. Report and move account
# 3. Report, move and disable
#Uses quest powershell tools which can be downloaded from http://www.quest.com/powershell/activeroles-server.aspx
#Version 2.0
#Added email functionality
#Denis Cooper
#Setup script Variables
#Change the setting from True to false to alter the way the script runs (only one option can be true)
$ReportOnly = "True" #Generates a CSV file showing all inactive user accounts
$ReportandMove = "False" #Generates a CSV report, moves the users to a specific OU
$ReportMoveDisable = "False" #Generates a CSV report, moves the users to specific OU, and sets the description
#Set the period of inactivity in days
$InactiveFor = "90"
#Specify the OU to search for inactive users - us AD CN if searching enire AD
$SourceOU = "OU=Users,DC=MyDomain,DC=Int"
#Specify the destination OU to move inactive users to is using report and move or report move disable script options
$DestinationOU = "OU=Inactive Users,DC=MyDomain,DC=Int"
#Don't mark anyone with the the specified prefix in the description field to inactive - DND stands for Do Not Disable and is specified
#in the users account description field for accounts which may not be used to login so will show as inactive but that you don't want to disable
#must leave the * after the word for wildcard matching
$DescriptionPrefix = "DND*"
#Specify the description to set in the computer account on ReportMoveDisable option
$Description = "Account disabled due to inactivity on $Today"
#Specify the path to create the csv file (make sure the folder exists)
$ReportFile = "\\server\share\InactiveUsersReport.csv"
#Get todays date and store it in the $today variable
$Today = Get-Date
#Email Settings
$SMTPServer = "smtp-server-name" #replace this with your internal smtp server
$FromAddress = "[email protected]" #replace this with your from address
$ToAddress = "[email protected]" #replace this with your TO address
$CCAddress = "[email protected]" #replace this with your TO address
$Subject = "This is your subject line" #replace this with the subject line for the email
$MessageContent = "
Hello,
Please find a link to the latest report containing users that have been inactive for $inactivefor days
$ReportFile
Please take the appropriate action.
Thanks you,
IT
#NO CHANGES BELOW THIS LINE
Function SendEmail {
$messageParameters = @{
Subject = $subject
Body = $messagecontent
From = $fromaddress
TO = $ToAddress
CC = $CCAddress
SmtpServer = $SMTPServer
Send-MailMessage @messageParameters
#Generates a report showing inactive users
Function ReportOnly {
$inactiveUsers | Export-Csv $ReportFile
$count = $inactiveUsers.Count
Write-Host -ForegroundColor White "$count inactive users were found and are being processed"
SendEmail
Invoke-Item $ReportFile
#Generates report and moves accounts to desitnation OU
Function ReportandMove {
$inactiveUsers | Export-Csv $ReportFile
$count = $inactiveUsers.Count
Write-Host -ForegroundColor White "$count inactive users were found and are being processed"
Invoke-Item $ReportFile
$inactiveUsers | foreach {
Move-QADObject $_ -NewParentContainer $DestinationOU
#Generates report, moves accounts to destination OU, disables the account and sets the description
Function ReportMoveDisable {
$inactiveUsers | Export-Csv $ReportFile
$count = $inactiveUsers.Count
Write-Host -ForegroundColor White "$count inactive users were found and are being processed"
Invoke-Item $ReportFile
$inactiveUsers | foreach {
Disable-QADUser $_
Set-QADUser $_ -Description $Description
Move-QADObject $_ -NewParentContainer $DestinationOU
#Runs the script
#Finds all inactive user accounts which are in an enabled state and store them in the variable $inactiveusers
$inactiveUsers = Get-QADUser -SizeLimit 0 -SearchRoot $sourceOu -NotLoggedOnFor $InactiveFor -Enabled | Where-Object {$_.description -notlike $DescriptionPrefix}
#Checks which script to run
If (($ReportONly -eq "True") -and ($ReportandMove -eq "True" -or $ReportMoveDisable -eq "True")) {
Write-Host -ForegroundColor RED "Only one run condition is allowed, please set only one run value to True and the others to false"
Break
If ($ReportONly -ne "True" -and $ReportandMove -ne "True" -and $ReportMoveDisable -ne "True") {
Write-Host -ForegroundColor RED "No valid run condition was specified, please set only one run value to True and the others to false"
Break
If ($ReportONly -eq "True") {
Write-Host -Foregroundcolor Green "Script running in report only mode."
Write-Host -Foregroundcolor Green "Checking for accounts inactive for $inactivefor days in the OU $SourceOU"
Write-Host -Foregroundcolor Green "The report will open automatically once complete, or you can find it here $ReportFile"
ReportOnly
If ($ReportandMove -eq "True") {
Write-Host -Foregroundcolor Green "Script running in report and move mode."
Write-Host -Foregroundcolor Green "Checking for accounts inactive for $inactivefor days in the OU $SourceOU"
Write-Host -Foregroundcolor Green "The report will open automatically once complete, or you can find it here $ReportFile"
Write-Host -ForegroundColor Green "Any inactive accounts will be moved to this OU $destinationOU"
ReportAndMove
If ($ReportMoveDisable -eq "True") {
Write-Host -Foregroundcolor Green "Script running in report, move and disable mode."
Write-Host -Foregroundcolor Green "Checking for accounts inactive for $inactivefor days in the OU $SourceOU"
Write-Host -Foregroundcolor Green "The report will open automatically once complete, or you can find it here $ReportFile"
Write-Host -ForegroundColor Green "Any inactive accounts will be moved to this OU $destinationOU and disabled and their description updated"
ReportMoveDisable
This link should help you create a scheduled task to run the script
http://dmitrysotnikov.wordpress.com/2011/02/03/how-to-schedule-a-powershell-script/
Regards,
Denis Cooper
MCITP EA - MCT
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