How to List Installed Hot Fixes using VBScript on Windows Platforms?

The following VBScript lists all installed hot fixes on windows one by one. The VBScript should be working on Windows Scripting Host, meaning that you need to use cscript.exe or wscript.exe to interpret the script.

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' List Installed Hot Fixes
strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
    & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
 
Set colQuickFixes = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
    ("Select * from Win32_QuickFixEngineering")
 
For Each objQuickFix in colQuickFixes
    Wscript.Echo "Computer: " & objQuickFix.CSName
    Wscript.Echo "Description: " & objQuickFix.Description
    Wscript.Echo "Hot Fix ID: " & objQuickFix.HotFixID
    Wscript.Echo "Installation Date: " & objQuickFix.InstallDate
    Wscript.Echo "Installed By: " & objQuickFix.InstalledBy
Next

' List Installed Hot Fixes
strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
    & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")

Set colQuickFixes = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
    ("Select * from Win32_QuickFixEngineering")

For Each objQuickFix in colQuickFixes
    Wscript.Echo "Computer: " & objQuickFix.CSName
    Wscript.Echo "Description: " & objQuickFix.Description
    Wscript.Echo "Hot Fix ID: " & objQuickFix.HotFixID
    Wscript.Echo "Installation Date: " & objQuickFix.InstallDate
    Wscript.Echo "Installed By: " & objQuickFix.InstalledBy
Next

The output on my M900 Lenovo Think Station Windows 10 64-bit is:

Computer: DESKTOP-H21RFPE
Description: Update
Hot Fix ID: KB3140741
Installation Date: 
Installed By: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Computer: DESKTOP-H21RFPE
Description: Update
Hot Fix ID: KB3140743
Installation Date: 
Installed By: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Computer: DESKTOP-H21RFPE
Description: Security Update
Hot Fix ID: KB3140768
Installation Date: 
Installed By: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Computer: DESKTOP-H21RFPE
Description: Security Update
Hot Fix ID: KB3163207
Installation Date: 
Installed By: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Computer: DESKTOP-H21RFPE
Description: Security Update
Hot Fix ID: KB3156421
Installation Date: 
Installed By: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM

The essence of the VBScript is to create the WMI service object. The power of VBScript is its simple syntax but flexibility in using COM objects.

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