How to push .NET (or just about anything) to remote hosts using BatchPatch
Here’s how to use BatchPatch to push the .NET framework to remote hosts that don’t already have it installed. You can easily modify this example to push Adobe updates, Java updates, or just about...
View ArticleUsing BatchPatch with Windows Firewall
BatchPatch uses a combination of Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) and PsExec to access remote computers, plus ICMP for pinging. If you need to use BatchPatch in an environment where your...
View ArticleRemotely Installing Windows Updates
Installing Windows Updates Remotely with BatchPatch:
View ArticleRemotely installing software, patches, hotfixes, or updates with BatchPatch
Installing Applications or Patches Remotely with BatchPatch:
View ArticleBatchPatch August 2013 – New Release
News! I’m excited to announce that we’re in the final stages of testing for the new release of BatchPatch, expected to “drop” in August. We’ve got all sorts of new features lined up plus lots of other...
View ArticleNew BatchPatch Administrator’s Guide
New PDF administrator’s guide. You can download it here: Download: BatchPatch_Admin_Guide
View ArticleBatchPatch – New Features Released Fourth Quarter 2013
Hey everyone – I just wanted to take a few minutes to blog about some of the new features that we’ve added to BatchPatch over the past several months. We’ve been able to get a lot of good functionality...
View ArticleSilently Deploy EXEs and MSIs to Computers on Your Network
BatchPatch makes it very simple to deploy not only Windows Updates but also software, scripts, registry keys, MSIs, EXEs… you name it. Today we’re going to be discussing how to deploy software to...
View ArticleBatchPatch Integration with WSUS and Group Policy
One of the questions we commonly receive is what is the best way to use BatchPatch in conjunction with a WSUS server? First, let me say that we *DO* recommend using BatchPatch in conjunction with WSUS....
View ArticleBatchPatch – New Features – 2014-02-13
Hey folks! – We published a new build earlier today, and I would like to take a moment to share with you some of the new features. Read remote event log entries It’s now super-easy and convenient to...
View ArticleDeploy Software Remotely to Many Computers
This video demonstrates how to deploy software to multiple computers quickly and easily. It only takes a few clicks and a few seconds. In this instance we push install Notepad++ to 5 computers on our...
View ArticleDeploy Registry Keys to Multiple Computers Using BatchPatch
A systems administrator frequently needs to update the Windows Registry of every computer on his/her network. Did you know that you can use BatchPatch to accomplish this task extremely rapidly?...
View ArticleDeploy Registry Keys to Many Computers – Video Demo
Registry key deployment to numerous remote computers using BatchPatch – Video Demo:
View ArticleUsing BatchPatch to Start and Stop Windows Services on Multiple Computers
Did you know that BatchPatch provides functionality to control Windows services on remote computers? For example, maybe you want to remotely reboot a large number of computers, but after they come...
View ArticleDeploying Windows Service Packs to Many Computers using BatchPatch
Did you know that you can deploy Windows Service Packs with BatchPatch? It’s actually very simple, just like deploying software or patches. BatchPatch gives you a simple way to push a service pack...
View ArticleDeploy Java to Multiple Computers
Despite the fact that the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) has continued to be the source of repeated security vulnerabilities both in corporate environments as well as on home computers, we know that...
View ArticleRemoving Adobe Shockwave from Multiple Computers
From time to time we get asked how to use BatchPatch to uninstall Adobe Shockwave from a group of computers. The good news is that it’s relatively simple and straightforward. The first thing we need to...
View ArticleHow To Send Email Notifications In BatchPatch
We confess… The BatchPatch email notifications feature is not the most intuitive aspect of BatchPatch. However, it’s actually very simple to use, and my goal with this posting is to illustrate how to...
View ArticleHow to Hard-Code Your Own Custom Commands in the BatchPatch Actions Menu
We have done our best to make sure that all of the typical commands a Systems Administrator might need to run on computers in his/her network have been included in BatchPatch, so that it’s very easy to...
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