Category Archives: Tutorials

Remotely Installing Skype on Many Computers

By Scott | Published: January 7, 2016

Installing Skype remotely isn’t much different than installing other applications remotely. Here’s how it goes: Obtain the Skype .msi installer from http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-msi. If you just go to skype.com and choose the “download” option, you will end up with the .exe version of the installer, not the .msi version. And while the .exe version does apparently […]

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Remotely Installing Adobe Air on Multiple Computers

By Scott | Published: December 28, 2015

Today I’d like to demonstrate how to deploy Adobe Air to your entire network of computers in just a few clicks. Obtain the offline installation media for Adobe Air. At the time of this writing, the offline installation media file is posted at the following location: Adobe AIR Offline Installer. Note, you may be required […]

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Reattach Orphaned Remote Windows Update Processes

By Scott | Published: December 15, 2015

In the most recent release of BatchPatch there is a new menu option: Actions > Windows Updates > Reattach orphaned Windows Update process. I want to take a few minutes today to explain exactly what this is and when to use it. As you probably already know, BatchPatch is “agentless” in the sense that it […]

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Notifying Logged-On Users of Impending Reboot or Shutdown

By Scott | Published: December 8, 2015

One of the more frequently requested features from our customers has been to provide the ability to notify the logged-on users of an impending reboot or shutdown. BatchPatch has provided the ability to send notifications to logged-on users for a long time through the ‘Actions > Send message to logged-on users‘ feature. However, in the […]

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Protecting Sensitive Passwords in Saved BatchPatch Grid Files (.bps / .bpt)

By Scott | Published: December 1, 2015

In the November 2015 release of BatchPatch one of the cool new features is password protection with 256-bit AES encryption for your saved .bps / .bpt files. What does this mean? The contents of a .bps / .bpt file can be password encrypted such that after you have applied a password to a particular grid, […]

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Remotely Remove a Problematic Windows Update from Multiple Computers

By Scott | Published: November 18, 2015

It seems to be happening more and more frequently these days. Microsoft releases a Windows Update that causes some type of problem for users, and even though you are a stellar sysadmin with a solid process in place for testing Windows Updates before deploying them to your general user population, your thorough testing process somehow […]

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Initiating Tasks on Computers that are Frequently Offline

By Scott | Published: November 11, 2015

One of the challenges that administrators often face is getting things done on user computers that rarely connect to the network. For example, part of your job might be to update Java, Adobe Flash, or Adobe Reader on all of your users’ computers. Inevitably it seems that you are able to get 90% done immediately […]

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Install Adobe Reader Remotely to Multiple Computers

By Scott | Published: November 3, 2015

In this tutorial I will demonstrate how to deploy Adobe Reader to multiple computers on your network, simultaneously, in just a few clicks. After the installation is complete, I will then execute a remote uninstallation. Obtain the Adobe Reader offline installer package. At the time of this writing, the following link contains the offline installer […]

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Uninstall Adobe Flash Player from Multiple Computers

By Scott | Published: October 21, 2015

In a previous posting I demonstrated how to install Adobe Flash on numerous computers, simultaneously. In this posting I will demonstrate how to remove (uninstall) Adobe Flash from numerous computers, simultaneously. Obtain the installation media. In this example we’re going to use the .msi installer file for Flash player version 19 for plugin-based browsers that […]

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Remote Software Installation with BatchPatch

By Scott | Published: October 12, 2015

Today I’d like to demonstrate a silent remote software installation with BatchPatch. We’ll deploy 7-zip to the computers in our lab. Once deployed, we’ll then go ahead and remotely uninstall it too. Remote Software Installation – Deploying 7-zip to remote computers Select the desired target host(s) in the BatchPatch grid, and then choose ‘Actions > […]

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