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+# original script
+# https://www.irisclasson.com/2018/12/27/using-powershell-to-summarize-pending-windows-updates-as-well-as-installed-updates/
+
+$msUpdateSession = [activator]::CreateInstance([type]::GetTypeFromProgID("Microsoft.Update.Session",$env:COMPUTERNAME))
+$updates = $msUpdateSession.CreateUpdateSearcher().Search("IsInstalled=0").Updates
+
+$silverLightInstalled = Get-WindowsFeature | ? { $_.Name.ToLower() -like 'silverlight' }
+
+$pendingUpdates = [System.Collections.ArrayList]@();
+
+$output = "KB`tTitle`tDescription`tDate`tInfo";
+
+foreach($u in $updates) {
+    $kb = $u.KBArticleIDs[0];
+    $title = $u.Title;
+    $desc = $u.Description;
+    $date = (Get-Date $u.LastDeploymentChangeTime).toString("yyyy-MM-dd");
+    $url = $u.MoreInfoUrls[0];
+
+	# make description a single line
+	$desc = $desc -replace "\n", " ";
+	
+	if ($title.ToLower().Contains("silverlight")) {
+		if($silverLightInstalled) {
+			$pendingUpdates.Add($title)
+		}
+	} elseif ($title.ToLower().Contains("language pack")) {
+		# skip language packs
+		continue;
+	}
+	else {
+		$pendingUpdates.Add($title)
+
+		# add to the CSV output (tab-delimited)
+		$output += "`n$kb`t$title`t$desc`t$date`t$url";
+	}
+}
+
+$updatesCount = $pendingUpdates.Count
+
+if($updatesCount -gt 0) {
+    Write-Host "***** $updatesCount updates pending*****" -BackgroundColor Black -ForegroundColor Yellow
+    $pendingUpdates | % { Write-Host $_ }
+}
+else {
+    Write-Host "***** No pending updates for $env:COMPUTERNAME*****" -BackgroundColor Black -ForegroundColor Green
+}
+
+# write csv
+$ouput | Out-File ~\Documents\pendingupdates.csv
+
+$outfp = (Resolve-Path ~\Documents\).Path
+$outfn = $outfp + 'pendingupdates.csv'
+Write-Host "Saved list to $outfn"
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