Author Archives: Scott

Deploy a Specific Windows Update KB ID

By Scott | Published: May 30, 2017

Today I want to spend some time clarifying the answer to a question that we commonly receive. Some BatchPatch users want to simply deploy a particular Windows KB update to target computers. They essentially want to be able to just enter a KB ID number into the BatchPatch GUI, with BatchPatch then handling the rest […]

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Protecting Your Machines from the WannaCry Malware

By Scott | Published: May 16, 2017

By now most of you have surely read about the new WannaCry ransomware malware that has recently been disabling computers and networks all over the planet. Protecting your computers is very easy, but you have to care enough to make sure that you’ve done what needs to be done! Deploying the WannaCry Patch to Current […]

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Remote Registry Updates with BatchPatch

By Scott | Published: May 10, 2017

Pretty much every systems administrator will need, at one point or another, to apply a registry update, remotely, to multiple computers. Today I’m going to show you how that can be accomplished quickly and easily using BatchPatch. Before we do anything please note that if you are going to be deploying a registry key/value to […]

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Deploying a Standardized Hosts File to Multiple Computers on a Network

By Scott | Published: May 3, 2017

Recently someone asked us how they could use BatchPatch to replace the ‘hosts’ file on all target computers in their network with a customized ‘hosts’ file that had been created by the IT department. BatchPatch can do this very quickly and painlessly. First, let’s briefly discuss the ‘hosts’ file for those of you who aren’t […]

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Remotely Manage Windows Updates and Reboots on Your Network

By Scott | Published: April 18, 2017

Today we are going back to the basics! The core functionality that BatchPatch offers is the ability to easily manage Windows Updates on multiple remote computers, simultaneously. This means that you can do the following: Check a group of computers to see which updates they have available, and optionally produce a consolidated report of the […]

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Using the HTML Export Feature to Produce Reports

By Scott | Published: April 11, 2017

One of the most common questions we get from customers and non-customers is “how do you produce a report of available updates on numerous computers?” There are two basic ways to accomplish this task. The option that you select depends mostly on how you want the report to look. The first method I’ll demonstrate is […]

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Install Windows Updates Only If Sufficient Space Is Detected On Target C: Drive – Custom Scripting in BatchPatch

By Scott | Published: April 4, 2017

Today I’m going to demonstrate an ‘advanced’ concept in BatchPatch. We will use a combination of features, including the Job Queue, the Deployment feature, and bit of custom scripting to achieve the desired effect. The goal here is to illustrate how you can use BatchPatch to accomplish something that might not be directly built-in to […]

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Removing Windows Updates Remotely from Windows 10 and 2016

By Scott | Published: March 22, 2017

In BatchPatch we have a menu item ‘Actions > Windows updates > Uninstall individual update’ that you can use to easily remove a single Windows update from numerous target computers, simultaneously. This command invokes wusa.exe on target computers to uninstall the desired update. We have a tutorial posted for this feature here. The only problem […]

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Install Patches with Multiple Automated Reboots

By Scott | Published: March 15, 2017

Today I want to take a few minutes to go over one of the core automation options that BatchPatch provides for Windows Updates. Anyone who has ever been responsible for applying Windows Updates across a network of computers has encountered the rather annoying and often frustrating situation where installing updates and then rebooting target computers […]

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Daisy Chaining Multiple Patch and Reboot Steps for Windows Update

By Scott | Published: March 6, 2017

BatchPatch provides the IT administrator with a significant amount of flexibility when it comes to stringing together multiple update and reboot steps for a single computer or for numerous remote computers. You are not only limited to Windows Updates. You can also include third party software deployments and/or third party software updates along with your […]

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