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BatchPatch Authentication in Domain and Workgroup (non-domain) Environments
When we set out to create BatchPatch, one of our primary concerns was to ensure that the software would be as easy to use as possible. We believe we were successful in that endeavor. However, since...
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Using BatchPatch to Execute a Custom Script to Retrieve the Count of CPU...
One of the cool things about BatchPatch is that you can use it with your own scripts to retrieve information from many target computers. For the sake of this blog posting, let’s look at an example...
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BatchPatch May 2014 – New Build Released
Hey everyone! I’m happy to announce that we just published a new build. Listed below are some of the new features: Host Status Audio and Email Alerts BatchPatch will now produce optional audible alerts...
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Getting Started with BatchPatch
If you just downloaded BatchPatch for the first time, let’s go through the things that you need to have in place for the software to function properly. PsExec: Download PsExec from Microsoft PsExec...
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PsExec v2.1 – All Network Communication Is Now Encrypted
Hey Everyone – I just wanted to take a moment to announce to anyone who hasn’t already heard that PsExec, starting with version 2.1, which was released on March 7, 2014, now encrypts all communication...
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Remotely Install Windows Updates – A Guide To Updating Your Computers Remotely
It’s not necessarily as straightforward as it seems like it might be to remotely install Windows updates. Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) provides a significant amount of help with this process,...
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Wake On LAN with BatchPatch
BatchPatch provides Wake On LAN (WoL) capabilities, which makes it convenient when you need to remotely power-on (wake) computers on your network. Some folks like to use Wake On LAN in conjunction with...
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BatchPatch Performance Tuning
Hey everyone! This week I’d like to take some time to talk about getting the most out of BatchPatch from a performance perspective. As you have probably already discovered, BatchPatch is geared toward...
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BatchPatch – New Build Released July 2014
Hey everyone! We published a new build today, and I wanted to take a moment to share with you some of the updates that have been made. While this build was primarily a bug-fix release, we also included...
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Create a Consolidated Report of Windows Update History
We have received numerous requests for the ability to create Windows Update history reports with BatchPatch. I’m happy to announced that the latest build of BatchPatch (2014.07.01) has a new reporting...
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Hiding Windows Updates Remotely In a Non-WSUS Environment
If you’re using BatchPatch in an environment that has no WSUS server, there might be times when computers show more available updates than you actually want to install. For example, perhaps you don’t...
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How To Receive Notifications When Computers Go Offline Or Come Online
Let’s say you’re working through a list of computers to install Windows Update or a third-party software product, but only a percentage of the computers are actually online. The reason, of course, is...
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Executing Remote Commands with BatchPatch
One of the tasks that BatchPatch can help with is executing remote commands or processes across many computers at the same time. For systems administrators this is a common need, and our goal was to...
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Remotely Install Only a Subset of Available Windows Updates
Sometimes you might need or want to only install a specific handful (or more) of updates on remote computers, rather than installing all of the updates that are available for those computers. With...
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Remotely Uninstall Windows Updates From Multiple Computers
Over the past couple of weeks there’s been a lot of press about problematic Windows Updates causing stability issues for many users. As such, Microsoft recommends that users uninstall the offending...
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Remote Script Deployment – Install Multiple .MSU Files in a Single Action on...
One of the common questions we receive is “How does one go about deploying and installing multiple updates to offline computers?” First, we are excited to let you know that we’ve been working on new...
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BatchPatch New Build – 20140908
Hey guys/gals – I just wanted to inform you of the new build we posted last week. There were a number of minor bug fixes, updates to logging and error reporting, plus a few functionality enhancements....
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Using BatchPatch To Remotely Install Windows Updates
This tutorial illustrates how to use BatchPatch in its default configuration to remotely install Windows Updates on your computers. If you prefer a video tutorial, please check out this link: Remotely...
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Using BatchPatch in ‘Cached Mode’
When ‘cached mode’ is enabled, the computer that is running BatchPatch will download updates for all target computers directly to its local cache directory. Target computers will not individually...
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Using BatchPatch In ‘Offline Mode’ When BatchPatch Has Internet Access
When ‘cached mode’ is enabled, the computer that is running BatchPatch will download updates for all target computers directly to its local cache directory. Target computers will not individually...
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