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Explanation of ‘Reattach Orphaned Windows Update Process’ Feature

By Scott | Published: October 29, 2019

There is a menu item in BatchPatch under ‘Actions > Windows updates > Reattach orphaned Windows Update process‘ that contains the following sub-menu-items: Reattach orphan + do not reboot / shutdown Reattach orphan + reboot if required Reattach orphan + reboot always Reattach orphan + shutdown What is ‘Reattach orphan’ ? The ‘Reattach orphan’ actions […]

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BatchPatch – New Features Released Fourth Quarter 2013

By Scott | Published: February 3, 2014

Hey everyone – I just wanted to take a few minutes to blog about some of the new features that we’ve added to BatchPatch over the past several months. We’ve been able to get a lot of good functionality added, and there is still a plenty more to come in the new year. The list […]

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Using BatchPatch with Windows Firewall

By Scott | Published: August 17, 2013

BatchPatch uses a combination of Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) and PsExec to access remote computers, plus ICMP for pinging.  If you need to use BatchPatch in an environment where your remote computers have Windows Firewall enabled, here’s what you need to do to make everything work. (For specific information about port requirements, please see BatchPatch […]

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