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Get-PendingReboot

SYNOPSIS

Get the pending reboot status on a local computer.

SYNTAX

Get-PendingReboot [<CommonParameters>]

DESCRIPTION

Check WMI and the registry to determine if the system has a pending reboot operation from any of the following: a) Component Based Servicing (Vista, Windows 2008) b) Windows Update / Auto Update (XP, Windows 2003 / 2008) c) SCCM 2012 Clients (DetermineIfRebootPending WMI method) d) App-V Pending Tasks (global based Appv 5.0 SP2) e) Pending File Rename Operations (XP, Windows 2003 / 2008)

EXAMPLES

EXAMPLE 1

Get-PendingReboot

Returns custom object with following properties:

  • ComputerName
  • LastBootUpTime
  • IsSystemRebootPending
  • IsCBServicingRebootPending
  • IsWindowsUpdateRebootPending
  • IsSCCMClientRebootPending
  • IsFileRenameRebootPending
  • PendingFileRenameOperations
  • ErrorMsg

EXAMPLE 2

(Get-PendingReboot).IsSystemRebootPending

Returns boolean value determining whether or not there is a pending reboot operation.

PARAMETERS

CommonParameters

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.

INPUTS

None

You cannot pipe objects to this function.

OUTPUTS

PSObject

Returns a custom object with the following properties

- ComputerName

- LastBootUpTime

- IsSystemRebootPending

- IsCBServicingRebootPending

- IsWindowsUpdateRebootPending

- IsSCCMClientRebootPending

- IsFileRenameRebootPending

- PendingFileRenameOperations

- ErrorMsg

NOTES

ErrorMsg only contains something if an error occurred

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