Windows 7: How to shutdown and apply updates via DOS command

I am having a hard time finding an answer to this on the forums and the net in general. If I goto Start/Shutdown, and there is the exclamation mark on it, it will apply any updates and shutdown the computer. Simple Enough right?

Well, I want to know what are the DOS commands to do such a thing in Windows 7? I have tried the shutdown.exe /s command and that shuts down the computer, but doesn't apply any pending updates.

I do not have a GPO that is overriding this. I've looked and it's not configured.




Any help is appreciated.

anyone?

Open a command prompt with elevated privileges then type help at the prompt for a list of commands available.

As for doing exactly what you are suggesting I just don't know - perhaps a DOS expert may come up with a solution.

You might find this useful: http://pcsupport.about.com/od/comman...s-commands.htm

More info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_MS-DOS_commands

Sorry but I have typed in that help command in DOS and when I try to follow the syntax, it's still not working.

You need to open the command prompt window with elevated privileges first.

Click Start, type cmd in the Search field, and then right-click cmd under Programs and choose Run as Administrator.

I am the domain administrator on my domain admin machine.

When I type in Help, I get this:



When I type in Shutdown I get this:



That's about the limit of my expertise on this one, so I'm hoping someone else will chip in.

When Windows 7 updates during start/shutdown, it is NOT in DOS but still in windows enviroment with most things shut down.

TJG

This may sound nit picky, but it is NOT DOS, its a command shell. Windows 98 was the last version of Windows based on MS DOS. Sorry, its just one of my pet peeves.

You're quite right of course.

As for being nit picky, I'm just the same myself, so thanks for pointing this out.