WindowsUpdateUtility
Windows Update Utility (WUU) - Utility to audit and install updates on windows systems. (by twillin912)
BurntToast
Module for creating and displaying Toast Notifications on Microsoft Windows 10. (by Windos)
| WindowsUpdateUtility | BurntToast | |
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| 1 | 22 | |
| 9 | 1,357 | |
| - | - | |
| 0.0 | 2.7 | |
| over 3 years ago | 15 days ago | |
| PowerShell | PowerShell | |
| - | MIT License |
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WindowsUpdateUtility
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What would you do if asked to manually install Windows Updates on 50+ PCs?!
While I agree with people to install a WSUS server or get PDQ as it will solve other issues as well I can recommend WUU (https://github.com/twillin912/WindowsUpdateUtility). It's a powershell tool that uses PSExec to remote in the listed computers and can update/reboot them if you have adminrights on them (which I assume you do). It still has a few caveats listed below but it should help you get most of the way there:
BurntToast
Posts with mentions or reviews of BurntToast.
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and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-09.
- Toast notification disappears after few seconds, how to hold until taking any action on display?
- CEO wants computers to EXPLODE with confetti when we reach a milestone! - Help pls
- when i create a to-do list or project with a deadline, can i use emacs to remind myself of that deadline outside of emacs itself (so it'll show up as a notification on my computer), or do i have to just make it a habit to open emacs every day?
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WinRT/UWP decode BluetoothLEAdvertisement in Powershell 7
full code: (requires Microsoft.Windows.SDK.NET.dll that can be found ( here ) )
- PS Script to use Toast (or other) notifications to warn users when PC has been on too long
- Display a popup with the Windows 10/11 look and feel
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Sending messages trough AD
The other way I've found while writing cheeky little things to troll my colleagues is this playful module, which you can make custom Toast notifications with.
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Reboot Notification
#Requires BurntToast Module https://github.com/Windos/BurntToast
- Send Messages (Popups) to Userdesktop via Invoke-Command
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Toggling laptop touchscreen with a keyboard shortcut
I found an article showing how to achieve this in PowerShell using the BurntToast module.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing WindowsUpdateUtility and BurntToast you can also consider the following projects:
Windows-10-Sophia-Script - :zap: A powerful PowerShell module for fine-tuning and tweaking Windows 10 & Windows 11 [Moved to: https://github.com/farag2/Sophia-Script-for-Windows]
euc-samples - Workspace ONE UEM (previously AirWatch) Samples and Guidance