How to manually start windows update

How to manually start windows update How can you manually begin Windows XP's Windows Update without entering to http://update.microsoft.com/windowsupdate with IE?
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"From command line, force detect with:

wuauclt /detectnow

To troubleshoot machines updating from my WSUS server.

I am not sure if it will apply to normal online updating but it is worth mentioning.

Troubleshoot update issues with this logfile:

%windir%\windowsupdate.log

If you are using Windows 10, Windows updates are logged with ETW (Event Tracing for Windows): support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3036646"