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[Solved] Selectively Uninstalling Windows Updates

Forum Windows XP : Configuration & Customization [Solved] Selectively Uninstalling Windows Updates

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I recently installed a bunch of updates from the Windows update site. Now, some of the previously installed enterprise Java applications on my computer are not functioning properly, so I would like to back out these updates. Ideally, System Restore would do the trick, but the IT admins here disabled that feature. From Control Panel -> Add/Remove Programs I can select any single update and remove it without issue. Unfortunately, it doesn't give you a nice sortable list (i.e. install dates are often missing and you can't sort by KB#). I already uninstalled the handful of updates that I could find without fixing the problem. Is there another way (command line or another tool or utility) that I can use to selectively uninstall Windows updates? Thanks.

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If you know which updates were installed when, you can use a command line with the msi file names of the updates, but that will take even longer than from Add/Remove.

You can check in the event logs, should tell you when what was installed. Should also be logs on the drive in text files for updates.

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The Windows update site provides a nice list of what was installed. How do I use the command line to uninstall updates?

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