Additionally, the error message “The authentication service is unknown” appears when you run the following command at the cmd prompt (not in BatchPatch):
psexec \servername ipconfig
Error 1747 is a Windows error, not a BatchPatch error.  The issue is likely Winsock corruption.  The fix is to reset it with the below command, executed in an administrator cmd prompt, followed by a reboot:
netsh winsock reset