The following requires:

• An elevated Powershell console (it will immediately exit if the console isn't elevated);
• The Windows Update Powershell Module installed.
• Minimum Powershell version required should be v2+ since that's what WUPM requires, (I'm not sure if there's any specific cmdlets that require a later version).
• Some knowledge of Powershell ExecutionPolicy so I'm not answering questions :)

-4wd (September 22, 2015, 07:50 AM)

Spent some time wondering where Hide-WUUpdate was only to discover that this was added in the Windows Update Powershell Module in version 1.4.6 as mentioned here:

  https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/PSWindowsUpdate/

Had inadvertently tried the 3 attachment links on the Module page and those happened to be for 1.3.4, 1.4.3, and 1.4.5...doh!

A bit of a late response, but...

What the article does not appear to mention is that the source code for WSUS Offline is available.  IMO, a significant point in this day and age for these types of tools (seeing as it's provided by a third party).

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Thanks, 40Hz for the recommendation :)

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On a side note, WSUS Offline also appears to come with some bash shell scripts to provide some comparable functionality for *NIX machines.  So apparently, updates can be downloaded and some kind of .iso can be created in a *NIX environment (appears to require at least cabextract, xmlstarlet, md5deep/hashdeep, mkisofs, and genisomage).

The little converter looks quite nifty!  Though I wonder whether it or where it plugs into (either end) might suffer an ill fate before long...

I'd been using something that's got a cord, and it's been acting flaking recently (may be related to the cord?).  For a while it worked better if it and the phone were lying on a surface, but lately that's hasn't been working that well either.

I'm currently using one of those "OTG hub" things (it's got a few ports for things like SD, microSD, and some ordinary USB ports).  Not as compact as either of the other alternatives, but it's been ok so far.  Of course, it's got a cord too...

Don't know if it's possible, but it would sure be nice if one could charge the phone and use the peripherals at the same time using a "OTG hub" -- seems some of them have a switch that allow you to choose one or the other...