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Understanding and Discovering the Silent Parameters Required to Remotely...
One of the most common problems that people encounter with BatchPatch, and consequently one of the most common support questions we receive, has to do with remotely deploying software. A remote...
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If your environment forces computers to make http connections through a corporate proxy of some kind, usually BatchPatch will work properly with no additional configuration. This is because in most...
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Advanced Script Integration with BatchPatch – Part 2
BatchPatch currently provides functionality for retrieving from target computers the list of services that are set to ‘automatic’ but currently in the ‘stopped’ state. The reason this is...
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Executing PowerShell Scripts and Commands (cmdlets) on Remote Computers with...
Executing PowerShell commands and scripts remotely can be a bit tricky. BatchPatch currently has direct support for deploying PowerShell scripts to target computers, and we will be adding more...
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Enabling Microsoft Update instead of Windows Update on Target Computers with...
The distinction between ‘Windows Update’ and ‘Microsoft Update’ has caused a significant amount of confusion for people over the years, so I’d like to take a moment to clarify the difference, as well...
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Running BatchPatch as a Service
In the latest release of BatchPatch we added functionality to run BatchPatch as a service, enabling you to execute scheduled tasks even when no one is logged on to the BatchPatch computer. Go to Tools...
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Checking for Stopped Automatic Services with Exclusions
In the most recent release of BatchPatch we added a simple but very useful little feature to assist with reporting on stopped automatic services on a large number of target computers. As sysadmins, we...
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Copying files or folders to numerous computers using BatchPatch
BatchPatch provides the administrator with the ability to easily copy files and/or folders to numerous computers, simultaneously. If you simply need to push a file to target computers or you need to...
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How to Remotely Initiate Windows Update on Numerous Computers Simultaneously
One of BatchPatch’s core features is the ability to remotely initiate the Windows Update search/download/install process on target computers. Not only does it allow you to execute this process on many...
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Create a Consolidated Report of Available Updates for Numerous Computers
Some administrators might need a singular, consolidated report that lists all Windows Updates that are needed by computers in the organization. It would be nice if creating such a report didn’t require...
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Using the Job Queue in BatchPatch for Multi-Step Execution
The ‘Job Queue’ feature lets you line up a sequence of multiple actions to execute on a target host. There are many different situations where you might want to execute a sequence of actions on a given...
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Executing PowerShell Scripts and Commands on Many Remote Computers
One of the things that BatchPatch does very well is remote script execution on many computers all at the same time. The ability to remotely execute a single script on numerous computers,...
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Update Date Filtering: Skip Download / Installation of Recently Deployed Updates
In the most recent release of BatchPatch we added functionality that enables you to easily filter out recently published/approved updates during download and installation. In many environments there is...
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Configure Computers to Automatically Logon after Reboot
Windows provides a feature that enables it to automatically logon after reboot, which can sometimes be very handy in certain environments. The configuration is applied through a series of registry...
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Remote Software Installation with BatchPatch
Today I’d like to demonstrate a silent remote software installation with BatchPatch. We’ll deploy 7-zip to the computers in our lab. Once deployed, we’ll then go ahead and remotely uninstall it too....
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Uninstall Adobe Flash Player from Multiple Computers
In a previous posting I demonstrated how to install Adobe Flash on numerous computers, simultaneously. In this posting I will demonstrate how to remove (uninstall) Adobe Flash from numerous computers,...
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Install Adobe Reader Remotely to Multiple Computers
In this tutorial I will demonstrate how to deploy Adobe Reader to multiple computers on your network, simultaneously, in just a few clicks. After the installation is complete, I will then execute a...
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Initiating Tasks on Computers that are Frequently Offline
One of the challenges that administrators often face is getting things done on user computers that rarely connect to the network. For example, part of your job might be to update Java, Adobe Flash, or...
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Remotely Remove a Problematic Windows Update from Multiple Computers
It seems to be happening more and more frequently these days. Microsoft releases a Windows Update that causes some type of problem for users, and even though you are a stellar sysadmin with a solid...
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Protecting Sensitive Passwords in Saved BatchPatch Grid Files (.bps / .bpt)
In the November 2015 release of BatchPatch one of the cool new features is password protection with 256-bit AES encryption for your saved .bps / .bpt files. What does this mean? The contents of a .bps...
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