Monthly Archives: January 2019

BatchPatch Service Stuck Starting?

By Scott | Published: January 29, 2019

When you want or need to have BatchPatch execute scheduled tasks even if the BatchPatch computer is not logged-on and/or you have not launched BatchPatch, the BatchPatch ‘run-as-service’ feature enables you to install BatchPatch to run as a service. You can then run any grids in this service instance so that the scheduled tasks defined […]

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Online Cached Mode Fails to Download Update: Illegal characters in path. HRESULT: -2146233079

By Scott | Published: January 15, 2019

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 occurred during a WebClient request.. HRESULT: -2146233079 Failed: Illegal characters in path. The Problem: Starting with Windows 10/2016 build 1709 Microsoft began […]

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Remotely Deploying Windows Feature Update Version 1809 (the ‘October 2018 Update’)

By Scott | Published: January 8, 2019

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 feature updates to Windows 10. Also note just for the sake of clarity that even though these are considered Windows 10 feature updates, the […]

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