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Executing Processes on Computers that are Frequently Powered Off or Disconnected from the Network

By Scott | Published: May 2, 2016

Every administrator at one time or another has the need to update user computers that are rarely connected to the corporate network. Whether you need to install Windows Updates or update a third-party software product, it’s always a pain in the butt when the computer in question is a laptop that is rarely brought in […]

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Uninstall QuickTime Remotely

By Scott | Published: April 26, 2016

By now most of you are probably aware that Apple is no longer going to be supporting or updating QuickTime for Windows: https://support.apple.com/kb/DL837?locale=en_US The internet is abuzz with recommendations to remove QuickTime unless you know that you absolutely need it. If you’re not sure, you probably do *not* need it. Many of you are now […]

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Checking for Available Windows Updates on Windows 7 Targets Takes Too Long!

By Scott | Published: April 18, 2016

If you’re experiencing *very* slow Windows Updates processing (scanning, downloading, installing) with Windows 7, in particular, you’re not alone. For approximately a year now Windows 7 users have been struggling with very slow performance during the scan for Windows Updates. The issue occurs regardless of whether you check for updates using BatchPatch or directly on […]

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How to Block the Windows 10 Upgrade

By Scott | Published: April 4, 2016

As most of already know, Microsoft has been pushing hard in the past few months to get Windows 10 installed on machines that are currently running Windows 7 and 8/8.1. We have received numerous emails from customers asking us how to prevent their computers from installing Windows 10 when using BatchPatch to apply Windows updates. […]

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Remotely Deploy EMET 5.5 to Multiple Computers

By Scott | Published: March 28, 2016

If you need to deploy EMET (Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit) to one or more computers on your network, you may follow the instructions below. Download the EMET 5.5 .MSI installer file from Microsoft. At the time of this writing, it’s available from the following link: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=50766. I’ve saved the .MSI file to E:\Temp\EMET\EMET setup.msi In […]

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Offline Windows Update

By Scott | Published: March 21, 2016

Today I’d like to take a few minutes to go over the offline Windows Update capabilities that are built in to BatchPatch. One of the common problems that sysadmins have, particularly on secured networks, is getting their Windows systems updated without having access to the internet or a WSUS server (Windows Server Update Services). In […]

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Filter Which Available Updates Are Included Or Excluded When Downloading Or Installing Windows Updates

By Scott | Published: March 8, 2016

In the most recent release of BatchPatch (20160304) we added some new functionality for selecting individual updates to be downloaded / installed on target computers. In addition to the previously available textual filter list option, there is now also a graphical checkbox list available to make it easier to select the updates you want to […]

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Remotely Update Adobe Reader on Many Computers Simultaneously

By Scott | Published: March 1, 2016

Recently I published a tutorial on how to remotely deploy Adobe Reader to numerous computers. Today I’d like to do a follow-up tutorial that illustrates how to remotely update your existing Adobe Reader installations. This tutorial assumes you have Adobe Reader 11.0 installed on target computers. If you do not already have Adobe Reader installed, […]

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Remotely Install OpenType (.otf) or TrueType (.ttf) Fonts

By Scott | Published: February 22, 2016

A customer recently asked how he can use BatchPatch to deploy .otf and .ttf font files to remote computers. It’s a pretty simple and straightforward process. Below I’ll go through the steps. Create a folder on your computer, and then place all of your .otf and .ttf font files in it. Also create a new […]

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

By Scott | Published: February 11, 2016

FYI – There is a new FAQ posted here: BatchPatch – Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) We will be adding more to it in the coming weeks.

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