So ya need to see what patches are applied to a few remote systems?  Here’s a quick method using a VB script to do just that.  The first batch file is just to get Script Zombie to execute the VBScript using cscript. 
runPatchHist.cmd
@echo off
echo.
echo -Patch History for (%1)
echo.
cscript scripts\helpers\patchHistory.vbs %1

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When using Script Zombie to apply system/security patches I was frequently checking WindowsUpdate logs on the remote systems.  To help automate the process I create the simple script below.  If ran from Script Zombie it will display the WindowsUpdate.log file in notepad for every workstation you have selected in the host list.  The output is filtered using FindStr to only [...]

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Here’s example of a remote update script that I am using with Script Zombie to force updates on our servers:
ForceUpdate.cmd — Control Script, Loaded in Script Zombie
@echo off
Echo.
Echo Force Microsoft Patches
Echo ——————————
:UpdateScript
echo.
echo Refreshing Update.Cmd and UpdateHF.vbs on %1
echo.
If NOT EXIST \\%1\c$\Scripts md \\%1\c$\Scripts
xcopy /y c:\Script Zombie\RemoteScripts\Update*.* \\%1\c$\Scripts
echo.
echo Starting Update.Cmd using PSExec
echo.
:Update
psexec \\%1 -u DOMAIN\USERNAME -p [...]

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