Update-Windows10

Description

The Update-Windows10 script manages Windows 10 feature updates, preventing automatic reboots during the upgrade process. It provides a high-level assessment of the system prior to upgrading, verbose logging during the upgrade, and reporting features for success and failure.

Requirements

• The reboot parameter must be set.

Usage

1. Determine if a status update is desired:

   • (status Update)
     1. Returns the values found in the registry regarding the script's reporting feature.
     2. Creates an event log for the completion of the script.

2. Running the upgrade:

   • (Running the upgrade)
     1. Initializes the reporting feature.
     2. Determines if diagnostic issues are present.
        • (not present)
          1. Removes old build notification restrictions.
          2. Removes old upgrades.
          3. Removes temporary files.
          4. Checks free space.
             • If not enough space, the script exits.
          5. Schedules a new diagnostic to gather logs on the next reboot.
          6. Schedules the status update trigger to run on the next reboot.
          7. Runs a new upgrade.
        • (present)
          1. Unregisters any diagnostic scheduled job.
          2. Checks for Windows hardware/software compatibility issues.
             • (not present)
               1. Outputs to the log that no issues were found.
             • (present)
               1. Retrieves Windows hardware compatibility.
               2. Retrieves Windows software compatibility.
               3. Runs diagnostics log retrieval.

.\Update-Windows10.ps1 -Reboot None

Parameters

Diagnostics

This parameter sets a scheduled task on the system to identify and log errors and configuration issues. The task writes these issues to the appropriate log files. It operates on a timed trigger and should not be executed manually.

Reboot

This parameter provides options for restarting the system:

• Auto: Automatically reboots the system 30 minutes after completion.
• None: Prevents the system from rebooting.

StatusUpdate

This parameter toggles the Status Update feature of the script. It operates on a timed trigger and should not be executed manually.

Parameter	Alias	Required	Default	Type	Description
Diagnostics	N/A	No	False	Switch	Sets a scheduled task to log errors and configuration issues.
Reboot	N/A	No		ValidateSet	Options: Auto (reboots 30 minutes after completion), None (no reboot).
StatusUpdate	N/A	No	False	Switch	Enables status updates for reporting purposes only.

Output

The script generates log, result, and error files at the following locations:

• .\\Update-Windows10-log.txt
• .\\Update-Windows10-Error.txt