Get a remote computers windowsupdate.log file

For those times when you don't have easy access to computer and need to view its windowsupdate.log to find out why updates are'nt being applied then the below script can come in handy.


 'This script will get a remote computers windowsupdate.log file  
 'it also changes the association for .log files to open with notepad  
 'Get and open WindowsUpdate log file on remote Computer  
 on error resume next  
 Set WshShell = Wscript.CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")  
 strcomputer = inputbox("Enter remote computer name or leave as localhost for this computer","Get WindowsUpdate.log file","Localhost")  
 If strComputer = "" Then  
 WScript.Quit  
 End If  
 'Associate .log Files with Notepad  
 wshShell.run "%comspec% /c c: & assoc .log=txtfile"  
 WScript.Sleep 500 'give association time to take effect  
 'open WindowsUpdate.log file on remote computer  
 wshShell.Run "\" & strcomputer & "c$WindowsWindowsUpdate.log""