Fino a Windows 10 e Server 2008 i comandi per forzare gli aggiornamenti sono i seguenti:
wuauclt.exe /updatenow 
wuauclt.exe /detectnow

Da Windows 10 e Server 2016 i comandi sono cambiati, aggiungendo un nuovo tool, chiamato UsoClient.

Windows update scan of available updates use the following:
UsoClient /StartScan
Once scan is complete is can use the following to download the patches:
UsoClient /StartDownload
To install downloaded patches use:
UsoClient /StartInstall
To restart the server or PC to complete the patch installation:
UsoClient /RestartDevice
Alternatively, you can use the following to scan, download and install in the one line:
UsoClient /ScanInstallWait