Category Archives: Tutorials

The Windows Update Control Panel in Windows 10/2016 is Not Up To Date After Using BatchPatch To Install Updates

By Scott | Published: November 16, 2017

After you install updates with BatchPatch (or with any third-party tool or script) you might notice that if you then look at the Windows Update control panel GUI on a Windows 10 or Windows 2016 target computer that it will not usually be up to date. Instead it will display stale, cached search results that […]

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Remotely Apply Windows Updates from a Local WSUS Server to Multiple Computers

By Scott | Published: November 9, 2017

Today we’re going to take it back to the basics and review some of the core functionality that BatchPatch offers. Specifically we’re going to look at how you can use BatchPatch to download and install Windows Updates on numerous target computers, simultaneously, when those computers are configured to receive updates from a local WSUS server. […]

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Troubleshooting Errors 1611: 64 , 1620: 64 , 1611: 2250 , 1620: 2250

By Scott | Published: October 24, 2017

The following errors are probably some of the least common errors that BatchPatch users encounter, but they can also be the most difficult to understand and troubleshoot, so I want to take some time today to address them. Error 1611: 64. Failure Error 1620: 64. Failure Error 1611: 2250. Failure Error 1620: 2250. Failure Generally […]

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Deciphering “Dual Scan” Behavior in Windows 10

By Scott | Published: October 19, 2017

A few weeks ago I wrote about the relatively new “feature” from Microsoft that they are calling “Dual Scan.” You can (and should) read more about that here so that you understand, in detail, what they have done: ‘Dual Scan’ Difficulties with Windows Update on Windows 10 versions 1607 ‘Anniversary update’ and 1703 ‘Creators update’. […]

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Creating Multiple Scheduled Tasks for a Single Computer

By Scott | Published: October 12, 2017

In BatchPatch sometimes you need to be able to schedule more than one task for a given computer or group of computers. There are a couple of ways to do this. Multiple Tasks Scheduler If you need to schedule multiple tasks to run at different days/times for a single computer, and if you do not […]

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Remotely Starting and Stopping Services on Numerous Computers

By Scott | Published: September 26, 2017

Today’s posting is going to be pretty quick. Every systems administrator at one time or another has needed to stop, start, or restart a service on numerous remote computers quickly and painlessly. I’m sure many of you have spent the time to write scripts that do this kind of thing, but even in those cases […]

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“Dual Scan” Difficulties with Windows Update on Windows 10 versions 1607 ‘Anniversary update’ and 1703 ‘Creators update’

By Scott | Published: September 19, 2017

There is new required reading from Microsoft for all systems administrators who are managing Windows Updates in their organizations. We *strongly* recommend that all of you carefully read the following two articles so that you are aware of this new (and unexpected) behavior of the Windows Update client: Demystifying “Dual Scan” Improving Dual Scan on […]

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Some of the “Fun” Features You Didn’t Know About in BatchPatch

By Scott | Published: September 13, 2017

Custom Row Selection Color: You are probably already aware of the fact that you can modify the row selection color in BatchPatch. To do this you would select ‘Tools > Row selection color…’ or you could click on the color palette image in the menu strip. However, what you might not be aware of is […]

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Understanding the ‘Local Downloader’ in BatchPatch ‘Cached Mode’ and ‘Offline Mode’

By Scott | Published: August 30, 2017

One of the questions we receive sometimes is about the local downloader. While using BatchPatch ‘cached mode’ and/or ‘offline mode’ to download and install Windows updates on target computers, it can appear sometimes that everything is queued unnecessarily. One row will be executing the local downloader while other rows sit in a queued state, apparently […]

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Remotely Upgrading Windows 10 to the ‘Creators Update’ version 1703 (or to the ‘Anniversary Update’ version 1607)

By Scott | Published: August 16, 2017

At the time of this writing Microsoft does not currently enable/allow remote silent deployment of Windows 10 feature upgrades (like the ‘Anniversary Update’ version 1607 or the ‘Creators Update’ version 1703) through the normal channel that BatchPatch uses to apply Windows updates. It’s true that if you use the normal Windows Update control panel interface […]

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