Windows Server Patching Tools
We all know that keeping servers up to date is one of the most important aspects of keeping a secure environment. At one point or another every systems administrator is faced with the challenge of...
View ArticleRemoving a Microsoft Office Update from Multiple Computers
This is one of those situations where something that seems like it ought to be very quick and simple is unfortunately not so quick and not so simple. The good news it’s also not *that* difficult, but...
View ArticleUAC Behavior with Remote WMI Connections in Non-Domain (Workgroup) Environments
When you are working in a network environment without a domain– that is to say there are no domain controllers and no member servers because all computers are simply part of a workgroup, authentication...
View ArticleDeploying Windows Updates and Third Party Software Updates Quickly and Easily...
OK, so you have a lot of computers on your network, and you need a way to quickly install Windows Updates and/or 3rd party software updates on all computers without having to connect to each computer...
View ArticleWindows Update Management Tools
When it comes to performing Windows updates on an entire network of computers, there are a number of things that frequently need to be addressed, depending on the size of the environment, the number of...
View ArticleAutomatically Apply Scheduled Tasks, Job Queues, Deployments, and Commands to...
In the August 2018 release of BatchPatch, one of the new features that we added is the ‘Row Template Configurator’, which is available under ‘Grid > Row template configurator’. When you add new rows...
View ArticleAppending DNS Suffixes to the Network Interface Instead of to Each Host in...
In BatchPatch most users enter each host name into the grid without using the entire fully qualified domain name (FQDN) or IP address. In general, for most situations entering just the host names will...
View ArticlePushing Windows Updates to Remote Computers
BatchPatch provides multiple different options for applying Windows Updates to numerous target computers simultaneously. In all cases the process involves loading a list of computer names or IP...
View ArticleCopy a File to All User Profile Directories on Target Computers
We recently received a request for help with using BatchPatch to copy a Microsoft Outlook signature file to the appropriate user profile directory on numerous target computers. BatchPatch already has a...
View ArticleMoving BatchPatch Saved Job Queues, Deployments, Remote Commands, and Other...
This is a simple topic that barely warrants a whole blog posting, but I wanted to put it out there so that people can find it more easily. When you want to share your saved configurations in BatchPatch...
View ArticleUsing a Row Template to Automatically Apply Tasks to New Rows in a BatchPatch...
I think the ‘Row Template Configurator’ falls into the category of features that most people probably are not even aware of but would use if they knew it existed. This feature was published just a...
View ArticleConfigure Each Host to Send a Separate Email Notification Upon Completion of...
I’ve previously written about configuring email notifications in BatchPatch. You can find those postings here and here. However, today I’d like to focus on an aspect of email notifications that I have...
View ArticleWhat To Do When PsExec Is Blocked By Your Anti-Virus Software
If your anti-virus software has been configured to block PsExec through some type of execution policy, here are your options for getting it working again: Perhaps the most obvious method would be to...
View ArticleWindows Update Options for Reboot Timing and Behavior
One of the questions that people sometimes ask us is can BatchPatch initiate the Windows Update download/installation on target computers *without* also triggering an immediate reboot of those...
View ArticleExplanation of ‘Get Pending Reboot Status’ Actions in BatchPatch
Windows does not offer/provide a sanctioned, singular way to determine with certainty if a computer is in need of a reboot. However, Windows does mark in several places in the OS values that can be...
View ArticleGet Adobe Flash Version Number from Multiple Computers
We recently received the following questions: “How can one tell if Adobe Flash is installed on numerous target computers? If it’s installed, what’s the best way to determine which version is on each...
View ArticleConfiguring Per-Grid Windows Update Filter Exclusions Using Row Templates in...
One of the topics that I have written about in the past is how you can configure filters in BatchPatch to prevent certain categories of updates from installing, or so that you can exclude particular...
View ArticleWindows Update for Offline Computers and Disconnected Networks
It’s becoming increasingly common for companies and organizations to segregate at least some of their servers (and even non-server computers sometimes too) so that they don’t have any internet access....
View ArticleRemotely Deploying Windows Feature Update Version 1809 (the ‘October 2018...
In order to use BatchPatch to deploy Windows 10 feature update 1809, please follow the method outlined below. The normal Windows Update actions in BatchPatch are not sufficient for installing the...
View ArticleOnline Cached Mode Fails to Download Update: Illegal characters in path....
For those of you using BatchPatch in online cached mode… Starting with Windows 10/2016 version 1709 you might start seeing these two errors occur together in the ‘Local Agent Log’ column: An exception...
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