Tag Archives: cached mode

Online Cached Mode Fails to Download Update: Illegal characters in path. HRESULT: -2146233079

By Scott | Published: January 15, 2019

For those of you using BatchPatch in online cached mode… Starting with Windows 10/2016 version 1709 you might start seeing these two errors occur together in the ‘Local Agent Log’ column: An exception occurred during a WebClient request.. HRESULT: -2146233079 Failed: Illegal characters in path. The Problem: Starting with Windows 10/2016 build 1709 Microsoft began […]

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Understanding the ‘Local Downloader’ in BatchPatch ‘Cached Mode’ and ‘Offline Mode’

By Scott | Published: August 30, 2017

One of the questions we receive sometimes is about the local downloader. While using BatchPatch ‘cached mode’ and/or ‘offline mode’ to download and install Windows updates on target computers, it can appear sometimes that everything is queued unnecessarily. One row will be executing the local downloader while other rows sit in a queued state, apparently […]

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Using ‘Offline Mode’ to Install Windows Updates on Computers That Do Not Have Internet Access or WSUS Access – Video Tutorial

By Scott | Published: November 17, 2014

This video demonstrates the process for installing Windows Updates to an entire network of computers when that network is completely segregated with no internet access and no WSUS access. Note, there are multiple ways to utilize ‘offline mode’ and this video demonstrates only one method. All methods are described in more detail, with tutorials, here: […]

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Using BatchPatch in ‘Cached Mode’

By Scott | Published: September 24, 2014

When cached mode is enabled, the computer that is running BatchPatch will download updates for all target computers directly to its local cache directory. Target computers will not individually download their own updates from Microsoft or a WSUS. Instead BatchPatch will distribute updates to target computers from its cache. The advantage of cached mode in […]

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