Category Archives: Tutorials

Reviewing the Core Functionality that BatchPatch Offers

By Scott | Published: July 11, 2016

Today I’d like to review some of the core functionality that BatchPatch offers. For systems administrators who need a controlled way to install Windows Updates on many computers at the same time, while monitoring their progress, automating the reboot process, and maximizing efficiency during maintenance windows, BatchPatch can’t be beat. BatchPatch offers an extremely simple […]

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Download the Complete Windows Updates Security Repository per Operating System

By Scott | Published: June 28, 2016

In the most recent release of BatchPatch (June 2016) we added new functionality that enables administrators to download *all* Windows security updates for a given operating system. There are various reasons why someone might want or need to do this, but the most common reason that we have encountered is when computers need to be […]

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Downloading Windows Updates for Distribution to Offline Computers on High-Security Networks

By Scott | Published: June 16, 2016

For environments with high-security networks that not only have NO access to the internet or a WSUS but also disallow copying any data from the high-security network to any other lower-security network, BatchPatch has a feature for pre-downloading some or all of the Windows Updates security updates repository from Microsoft on a computer that has […]

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Remote Software Deployment Hangs Indefinitely – How to Resolve

By Scott | Published: June 13, 2016

One of the most common support questions we receive from customers is regarding software deployments that appear to never complete. In these situations, the remote software deployments seem to just hang forever until you eventually kill the task. Why does this happen? How do you prevent it? It’s important to understand that remote software deployments […]

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Triggering ConfigMgr (SCCM) Client Actions Remotely

By Scott | Published: June 1, 2016

As a convenience for those of you are using SCCM in your environment, last year we added the ability to trigger SCCM client actions remotely, directly from BatchPatch. We’ve received a few questions about this topic recently, so I figured I would take a few minutes to provide some context here. SCCM administrators sometimes need […]

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Deploying 7-Zip 16.0.2

By Scott | Published: May 23, 2016

Today I’ll demonstrate how to deploy the latest version of 7-Zip (version 16.0.2) to multiple target computers simultaneously. Start by obtaining the installation media. I downloaded the 64-bit installer from http://www.7-zip.org/download.html Configure the BatchPatch deployment. Highlight the desired target hosts in the grid, and then select ‘Actions > Deployment / Create/modify deployment’. In the Deployment […]

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Update + Reboot Cycle – Create a Continuous Loop to Download and Install Windows Update Plus Reboot Until there are no Applicable Updates

By Scott | Published: May 16, 2016

EDIT 20200924: The long deprecated ‘Update + Reboot Cycle’ has finally officially been removed. It was really just a limited version of the BatchPatch Job Queue, so please now use the BatchPatch Job Queue instead, which will enable you ton produce the same functionality with many more customization options. Tutorial: Update + Reboot Cycle – […]

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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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