Monthly Archives: January 2016

Remotely Deploy Google Chrome to Numerous Computers

By Scott | Published: January 27, 2016

I’ve posted a handful of deployment tutorials in recent months, but I’ve never demonstrated how to remotely install one of the most popular web browsers — Google Chrome. Today I’ll show you how to use BatchPatch to deploy Chrome to many remote computers in just a few clicks. When performing software deployments, I like to […]

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Using BatchPatch as a WSUS Alternative

By Scott | Published: January 14, 2016

One of the questions we regularly receive from users is “What is the best way to use BatchPatch as an alternative to WSUS?” Even though WSUS is free, lightweight, and relatively easy to install and manage, there are certainly cases where administrators don’t already have it and don’t want to deal with installing or managing […]

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Uninstall Skype Remotely

By Scott | Published: January 7, 2016

We are going to uninstall Skype remotely in almost exactly the same way that we installed Skype remotely. Obtain the .msi installer package from http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-msi. In BatchPatch select ‘Actions > Deploy > Create/modify deployment.’ Then choose the deployment options just like my screenshot below. Notice that I have selected the path to the .msi installer, […]

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Remotely Installing Skype on Many Computers

By Scott | Published: January 7, 2016

Installing Skype remotely isn’t much different than installing other applications remotely. Here’s how it goes: Obtain the Skype .msi installer from http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-msi. If you just go to skype.com and choose the “download” option, you will end up with the .exe version of the installer, not the .msi version. And while the .exe version does apparently […]

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