Hide an update based on KB value

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KB = "KB3172729" # Enter the KB value of patch which you want to hide.

Please run this script as "LOCAL SYSTEM USER"

This script will help to hide an update based on it's KB value if particular KB value is available for updates. Please ensure that entered KB update is available in the available updates list and it's about to Download and install. Once this script has run that KB update will not install it will hide that update.

Procedure's Instructions

KB="KB3172729"   # Enter the KB value of patch which you want to hide.

import os
import re
import ctypes
import time
import subprocess
from subprocess import PIPE, Popen

vbs=r'''Dim WSHShell, StartTime, ElapsedTime, strUpdateName, strAllHidden
Dim Checkagain 'Find more keep going otherwise Quit

Dim hideupdates(0)

hideupdates(0) = "%s"

Set WSHShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

StartTime = Timer 'Start the Timer

Set updateSession = CreateObject("Microsoft.Update.Session")
updateSession.ClientApplicationID = "MSDN Sample Script"
Set updateSearcher = updateSession.CreateUpdateSearcher()
Set searchResult = updateSearcher.Search("IsInstalled=0 and Type='Software' and IsHidden=0")

Checkagain = "True"

For K = 0 To 10 'Bing Desktop has 4, Silverlight has 5
If Checkagain = "True" Then
Checkagain = "False"
CheckUpdates
ParseUpdates
End if
Next

ElapsedTime = Timer - StartTime
strTitle = "Bing Desktop and Windows Updates Hidden."
strText = strAllHidden
strText = strText & vbCrLf & ""
strText = strText & vbCrLf & "Total Time " & ElapsedTime
intType = vbOkOnly

Set objWshShell = nothing
Set WSHShell = Nothing
WScript.Quit

Function ParseUpdates 'cycle through updates
For I = 0 To searchResult.Updates.Count-1
Set update = searchResult.Updates.Item(I)
strUpdateName = update.Title
'WScript.Echo I + 1 & "> " & update.Title
For j = 0 To UBound(hideupdates)
if instr(1, strUpdateName, hideupdates(j), vbTextCompare) = 0 then
Else
strAllHidden = strAllHidden _
& vbcrlf & update.Title
update.IsHidden = True'
Checkagain = "True"
end if
Next
Next
End Function

Function CheckUpdates
Set updateSession = CreateObject("Microsoft.Update.Session")
updateSession.ClientApplicationID = "MSDN Sample Script"
Set updateSearcher = updateSession.CreateUpdateSearcher()
Set searchResult = _
updateSearcher.Search("IsInstalled=0 and Type='Software' and IsHidden=0")
End Function
'''

try:
    workdir=os.environ['PROGRAMDATA']+r'\temp'
    if not os.path.exists(workdir):
        os.mkdir(workdir)      
except:
    workdir=os.environ['SYTEMDRIVE']

def Hide_update():
    import os

script =vbs % (KB)

with open(workdir+r'\Hide_windowsupdate.vbs',"w") as f :
        f.write(script)

obj = subprocess.Popen('cscript.exe "'+workdir+'\Hide_windowsupdate.vbs"', shell = True, stdout = PIPE, stderr = PIPE)
    out, err = obj.communicate()
    print out

try:
        if os.path.isfile(workdir+r'\Hide_windowsupdate.vbs'):
            os.remove(workdir+r'\Hide_windowsupdate.vbs')

except: 
        pass

def check_status(KB):
    Ps='''(New-Object -ComObject Microsoft.Update.Session).CreateUpdateSearcher().Search('IsHidden=1').Updates | %{'KB'+$_.KBArticleIDs}'''

with open(workdir+r'\Hide_windowsupdate.ps1',"w") as f :
        f.write(Ps)
    CMD='powershell "Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope CurrentUser"'
    Ki=subprocess.Popen(CMD, shell = True, stdout = PIPE, stderr = PIPE)
    obj = subprocess.Popen('powershell.exe "'+workdir+r'\Hide_windowsupdate.ps1"', shell = True, stdout = PIPE, stderr = PIPE)
    out, err = obj.communicate()
    if KB in out:
        print "Specified KB update has been Hidden successfully"
    else:
        print "Please ensure that entered KB update is present in available Updates list"

try:
        if os.path.isfile(workdir+r'\Hide_windowsupdate.ps1'):
            os.remove(workdir+r'\Hide_windowsupdate.ps1')

except: 
        pass

Hide_update()
time.sleep(60)
check_status(KB)

Comments

casey.conner@ironorbit.com

Written Aug 20, 2021

Can this be used to hide multiple updates? Can I simply add more to the KB variable by adding a comma or some other separator and then adding more?

Hide an update based on KB value

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