[jsira7]

Quick question…

“And if you are using the current/latest version of PsExec v2.33, then you’ll need to also have the ‘Interactive’ box checked/ticked. See ‘Tools > Settings > Remote Execution’.”

Are you referring to the Deployment option under Remote Execution Context? This one is the only not checked where everything else under this is.

[jsira7]

Hi Doug,

Just reporting back that the first option (Deploy software) worked like a charm. Thanks so much for you help. Next question, can Batch Patch uninstall previous versions of Office? The plan would be to create a Job queue with uninstalling previous versions of Office and then installing Office 365.

[jsira7]

For option 2 I have made sure Elevated Token is selected. I am not using the current version of PsExec. The one of the Batch Server is v2.20. I noticed that the Interactive is ticked for the first 3 options in Remote Execution Context, but not the 4th. Should I change anything?

[jsira7]

Perfect. Thanks Doug. I’ll test and report back

[jsira7]

Hey Doug,

I tried the first two troubleshooting ideas you mentioned, but to no avail. I then researched the article you mentioned. I wasn’t able to find anything mysterious in the CBS.log, but maybe you can see something that I can’t. Here’s the info from the log:

2020-02-14 08:39:49, Info CBS TI: — Initializing Trusted Installer —
2020-02-14 08:39:49, Info CBS TI: Last boot time: 2020-02-13 09:37:33.500
2020-02-14 08:39:49, Info CBS Starting TrustedInstaller initialization.
2020-02-14 08:39:49, Info CBS Lock: New lock added: CCbsPublicSessionClassFactory, level: 30, total lock:4
2020-02-14 08:39:49, Info CBS Lock: New lock added: CCbsPublicSessionClassFactory, level: 30, total lock:5
2020-02-14 08:39:49, Info CBS Lock: New lock added: WinlogonNotifyLock, level: 8, total lock:6
2020-02-14 08:39:49, Info CBS Ending TrustedInstaller initialization.
2020-02-14 08:39:49, Info CBS Starting the TrustedInstaller main loop.
2020-02-14 08:39:49, Info CBS TrustedInstaller service starts successfully.
2020-02-14 08:39:49, Info CBS No startup processing required, TrustedInstaller service was not set as autostart
2020-02-14 08:39:49, Info CBS Startup processing thread terminated normally
2020-02-14 08:39:49, Info CBS TI: Startup Processing completes, release startup processing lock.
2020-02-14 08:39:49, Info CBS WU creates the package, AppID:BatchPatch, UpdateID:{B0B46B74-A0CE-4F74-960F-F7679C1E7304}, revision: 200
2020-02-14 08:39:49, Info CBS Read out cached applicability from TiLight for package: Package_for_KB4538674~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~18362.651.1.0, ApplicableState: 112, CurrentState:112
2020-02-14 08:39:52, Info CBS WU creates the package, AppID:BatchPatch, UpdateID:{62F62686-8AC6-40CF-81EA-061DBA11458B}, revision: 200
2020-02-14 08:39:53, Info CBS Read out cached applicability from TiLight for package: Package_for_RollupFix~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~18362.657.1.7, ApplicableState: 112, CurrentState:112
2020-02-14 08:39:55, Info CBS WU creates the package, AppID:BatchPatch, UpdateID:{A485DC85-A3F4-4243-8AC0-F805A4A6889F}, revision: 200
2020-02-14 08:39:55, Info CBS Read out cached applicability from TiLight for package: Package_for_KB4524244~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.0.1.6, ApplicableState: 112, CurrentState:0
2020-02-14 08:39:56, Info CBS WU creates the package, AppID:BatchPatch, UpdateID:{6252BF47-4C3A-4687-A1BC-378227C4B8A0}, revision: 200
2020-02-14 08:39:56, Info CBS Read out cached applicability from TiLight for package: Package_for_DotNetRollup~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.0.1.3105, ApplicableState: 112, CurrentState:0
2020-02-14 08:39:56, Info CBS WU creates the package, AppID:BatchPatch, UpdateID:{41CC88C3-630F-4528-803E-DE824F58958C}, revision: 200
2020-02-14 08:39:56, Info CBS Read out cached applicability from TiLight for package: Package_for_KB4537759~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.0.1.0, ApplicableState: 112, CurrentState:0
2020-02-14 08:41:56, Info CBS Trusted Installer is shutting down because: SHUTDOWN_REASON_AUTOSTOP
2020-02-14 08:41:56, Info CBS Ending the TrustedInstaller main loop.
2020-02-14 08:41:56, Info CBS Starting TrustedInstaller finalization.
2020-02-14 08:41:56, Info CBS Lock: Lock removed: WinlogonNotifyLock, level: 8, total lock:6
2020-02-14 08:41:56, Info CBS Ending TrustedInstaller finalization.

[jsira7]

Thanks Doug… I will give this a go and report back

[jsira7]

Yup! Worked like a charm! Thanks Doug!

[jsira7]

I have used this successfully running it in CMD locally on the machine. However when I use Execute remote process from Batch Patch I get an error 1:

reg delete “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components” /v {89820200-ECBD-11cf-8B85-00AA005B4340} /f

[jsira7]

I am able to download from Server A manually, it’s just when Batch Patch tried to retrieve it is when I am getting the errors. I did as you suggested and manually copied the cab file to:

C:\Users\msulimo\AppData\Local\Cocobolo_Software,_LLC\BatchPatch\cache

That seemed to have resolved the issue for now.

[jsira7]

I checked the wsusscn2.cab on Server A and it was old. The location I checked was C:\Program Files\BatchPatch. I went ahead and deleted it but when I tried to deploy updates to another systems it has been trying to execute the download for the last 10 minutes. The two other machines I’m trying to deploy updates just state Queued. While I am not getting the error message yet, something seems to be preventing Batch Patch from downloading the cab file.

Test1 Executing WsusScn2.cab downloader… – 10:52:37 System.Drawing.Bitmap ::Begin download – 2019-09-18 08:00:22 Test1 09/18/2019 08:00:48
Wed-10:52:37> Windows Update: Executing WsusScn2.cab downloader…
Test2 Queued WsusScn2.cab downloader… – 10:53:17 System.Drawing.Bitmap ::Begin download – 2019-09-18 10:49:18 Test2 09/18/2019 10:50:05
Wed-10:53:17> Windows Update: Queued WsusScn2.cab downloader…

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[jsira7]

Gotcha… I’ll look for one. Thanks Doug!

[jsira7]

Currently running on Windows Server 2012 R2

[jsira7]

Thanks Doug… I do have a bunch of saved commands. I went ahead and deleted some that aren’t being used anymore and it appears to be holding. Is there a maximum threshold of how many commands can be saved?

[jsira7]

We use two different instances of Batch Patch, but each instance is on a different server. And we use their assigned user profile. For example, ServerA uses userA and ServerB uses userB. They are 2 separate entities residing on different boxes if that helps.

[jsira7]

We always use the same user profile when using Batch Patch. That’s the odd thing… I have multiple saved deployments, but it just started doing this within the past 2-3 saved jobs. As far as your second question, I’m only saving to one of them. I went ahead and pushed windows updates to the Batch Server… And I noticed there’s a newer version out there of Batch Patch. I will try this again and report back. Thanks Doug

[jsira7]

Have you ever seen the prompt of when I perform it manually:

‘The following applications should be closed before continuing the install’

Search and Cortana application

[jsira7]

Got it… Thanks Doug!!

[jsira7]

Thanks for the quick response. I haven’t used any alternate credentials. Is there a way to view what’s being used for ‘integrated security’?

Yeah, that’s the weird part. Each time I try to deploy software it immediately locks out my account and gives off that error message. I did try to use alternate credentials just a second ago with a different domain admin account and it worked. But when I perform it straight from the grid without using alternate credentials it locks my account.

[jsira7]

Nevermind… I deployed the .exe through Batch Patch and added /S as an optional parameter and it worked!! No need for the msi 🙂

[jsira7]

So I let it go and it looked like it completed. hanks for that advice 🙂

I always copy the files to Batch Patch before I deploy.

[jsira7]

Thanks Doug… As of right now it still states as Not Responding. It’s been about 10 minutes. Should I let it go or kill it and reduce the number of targets?

[jsira7]

I went ahead and changed it to 5 and selected about 20 systems. It started copying and almost went immediately to Not Responding. I will do as you suggested and not kill it and check back after some time.

[jsira7]

Thanks for the quick reply… I currently have 6 set. Should I reduce it to 5?

[jsira7]

Thanks again Doug… I went ahead and deployed it to another system and it worked. There must be something wrong with the test VM I have. Again, thank you so much for helping!!

[jsira7]

Thanks a bunch for really looking into this… Totally appreciate it. I did as mentioned above (putting the /q as you mentioned) but it now comes back with exit code 1612. Any other suggestions?

[jsira7]

Hey Doug… Another question. I get the same result when I run the .exe version of Report Viewer. I put in the /S for silent install but it doesn’t complete. On the target system I see Report Viewer.exe in Task Manager but it just hangs and doesn’t complete. I have installed .exe successfully before with Batch Patch. Any idea what I’m doing wrong?

I also tried copying the file down and leaving it in the directory, but I get the same results.

[jsira7]

Yes… Even when it states SUCCESS it doesn’t install. I’ll try what you suggested and see if that works.

[jsira7]

Quick question Doug… I’m sure by looking at this you can figure out my error. I’m trying the Remote Command feature by executing the .bat file since it’s already in the directory I need it to be. However, I get an error code 1 when trying to execute it. From the blog error code 1 states invalid syntax. I’m sure I’m the knuckle head here 🙂 So here’s what I’m trying to do… I run Malwarebytes on several systems. Since they don’t have an option to remove quarantined items from their management server, I needed to write a .bat to do this for me. I’m fairly new to writing .bat files so the error is for sure me. Since the .bat (named MB_Quarantine_Remove.bat) is already in the following directory I’d like to just execute it there:

C:Program FilesMalwarebytes’ Anti-Malware

Here’s what I inputted in the Remote execute command that generated the exit code 1:

cmd.exe /c “cd C:Program FilesMalwarebytes’ Anti-MalwareMB_Quarantine_Remove.bat”

Do you see what I did to generate the error?

[jsira7]

Great! Thanks for the quick reply. The reason I was checking “Leave entire directory contents” was because I didn’t want it to create a “Temp” subfolder. I will tinker around to see what option works best… Much appreciated!

[jsira7]

I plan on trying to deploy a .bat file to a specific directory and I would like it to run once executed. That being said, if I select “Leave entire directory contents” it will copy this .bat to the specific directory that I choose without including a temp subfolder. This is good. My question is that I will be running this .bat every so often, so when I create a deployment job for a second time will it overwrite the contents (since the name of the .bat file will be the same) or will it just rerun the original .bat file? I then plan on creating a schedule for this to happen every other day or so. My main goal is to run this .bat file every other day. Would this accomplish it?

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