===Selectively Uninstalling Windows Updates=== To obtain a list of installed patches you can do: wmic qfe list To uninstall a listed patch, you do: wusa /uninstall /kb: Here are some links with more information: \\ http://www.systemcentercentral.com/BlogDetails/tabid/143/indexid/57960/Default.aspx \\ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/934307\\ http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd883262(WS.10).aspx\\ Note: the 934307 KB article says that you can't use /uninstall on Windows 2008 - this does not apply to Windows 2008 R2 - they enabled the uninstall switch on R2 (see the last link). And to do it from a remote computer : wmic /node:SRVNAME process call create "powershell wusa /uninstall /kb:2844286 /quiet /norestart" and to have more information on parameters wusa /?