Tag Archives: software deployment

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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Understanding and Discovering the Silent Parameters Required to Remotely Deploy Software with BatchPatch

By Scott | Published: June 3, 2015

One of the most common problems that people encounter with BatchPatch, and consequently one of the most common support questions we receive, has to do with remotely deploying software. A remote software deployment that is executed in BatchPatch without specifying the proper silent/quiet installation parameter/switch, will either fail altogether or in most cases will simply […]

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Using BatchPatch to Deploy Adobe Flash to Numerous Computers (.MSI format)

By Scott | Published: April 23, 2015

I thought I’d spend a few minutes today to demonstrate how to install the Adobe Flash plugin to numerous computers, simultaneously, in just a few clicks. Obtain the installation media. In this example we’re going to use the .msi installer file that Adobe makes available. I recently tried to use the .exe that they publish, […]

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