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BatchPatch is NOT Susceptible to the Log4j Vulnerability

By Scott | Published: December 27, 2021

Since we continue to get a lot of emails asking if BatchPatch is affected by the Log4j vulnerability, I wanted to just take this moment to let everyone know that BatchPatch does not use any Java whatsoever. It is not susceptible to the Log4j vulnerability.

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Remote Windows Update and Reboot for Multiple Computers

By Scott | Published: December 20, 2021

In BatchPatch you can trigger the Windows Update and reboot process on numerous computers all at the same time. Select the desired target computers in the grid, and then click on ‘Actions > Windows updates > Download and install updates + reboot if required‘ If you want this to occur automatically every month at a […]

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Advanced Multi-Row Queue Sequence – Staggering Updates and Reboots in a Group of Computers

By Scott | Published: November 30, 2021

One of the most common uses of the BatchPatch ‘Advanced Multi-Row Queue Sequence‘ functionality is to stagger the updates and reboots in a group of computers so that only a single computer or a subset of computers in the group will perform their updates and reboots at any given time. That is, administrators often need […]

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Excluding Specific Dates or Date Ranges from Recurring Scheduled Tasks

By Scott | Published: November 11, 2021

We recently received a question from a user who has scheduled tasks configured in BatchPatch to run with recurrence set to ‘Monthly (2nd Tuesday) + 4 days‘. He asked how he can effectively exclude the entire month of December so that none of the recurring scheduled tasks run in December. Now, of course if you […]

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BatchPatch Error -198: Failed to add scan package service. HRESULT -XXXXXXXXXX

By Scott | Published: October 12, 2021

When you’re running BatchPatch in offline mode, instead of performing the search for Windows Updates against a local WSUS or against Microsoft’s public Windows Update or Microsoft Update servers, BatchPatch utilizes the WsusScn2.cab file that Microsoft publishes each month in order to perform the offline scan for Windows Updates. The WsusScn2.cab is a large file […]

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BatchPatch Job Queue Branching Based on DateTime or Number of Iterations

By Scott | Published: September 30, 2021

In the most recent release of BatchPatch (August 2021), we added some new special items to the Job Queue that will give you more flexibility in your queues. If this step is executed X time(s), terminate queue If this step is executed X time(s), goto label:Y If this step is executed between DateTimeBEGIN and DateTimeEND, […]

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BatchPatch System.MissingMethodException When Running New Version 20210827

By Scott | Published: September 2, 2021

In the most recent release of BatchPatch that we published last week (version 20210827), we finally began enforcing the requirement to have .NET version 4.6 installed on the computer where BatchPatch is run. If you don’t have .NET version 4.6 on the BatchPatch computer, BatchPatch will not be able to launch successfully. If you encounter […]

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Can BatchPatch Be Used to Install Windows Updates through SCCM?

By Scott | Published: August 25, 2021

One of the questions we occasionally receive from SCCM users is can BatchPatch install/apply the Windows Updates that are currently being presented to a computer through SCCM? BatchPatch and SCCM? There are a couple things that you need to know… Windows Updates that are being offered to a computer to a computer through SCCM are […]

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Remotely Deploying Windows Feature Update Version 21H1 to Numerous Computers

By Scott | Published: August 10, 2021

Standard Deployment of Windows Feature Update 21H1 (and other feature updates/upgrades) with BatchPatch in Default/NON-Cached Mode Generally speaking, if you are using the April 2020 or newer release of BatchPatch, you can install Windows feature updates with the normal ‘Windows Update’ actions in BatchPatch, when running the application in standard, non-cached, mode. To do so, […]

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BatchPatch Tweaks And Tips You’ll Probably Never Need Or Use

By Scott | Published: July 9, 2021

OK, so the title to this posting is a bit jocular and misleading because I’m going to include some things in this posting that you will want to use if you don’t already know about them. 🙂 Middle-click tooltip: This is a MUST-USE feature that some users never discover. Every field in the BatchPatch grid […]

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