Tag Archives: deployment

Remote .MSI (or .MSU / .MSP) Package Deployment to Multiple Target Computers

By Scott | Published: August 26, 2019

If you have a .MSI package that you need to deploy to numerous computers, it’s very easy to accomplish this with BatchPatch. The great thing is that not only does it only take a moment to create the deployment, when you are ready to execute the process you can do it for as many target […]

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Copy a File to All User Profile Directories on Target Computers

By Scott | Published: October 8, 2018

We recently received a request for help with using BatchPatch to copy a Microsoft Outlook signature file to the appropriate user profile directory on numerous target computers. BatchPatch already has a built-in function for copying files from the BatchPatch computer to a specified directory on target computers, but a problem arises when trying to copy […]

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Install Windows Updates Only If Sufficient Space Is Detected On Target C: Drive – Custom Scripting in BatchPatch

By Scott | Published: April 4, 2017

Today I’m going to demonstrate an ‘advanced’ concept in BatchPatch. We will use a combination of features, including the Job Queue, the Deployment feature, and bit of custom scripting to achieve the desired effect. The goal here is to illustrate how you can use BatchPatch to accomplish something that might not be directly built-in to […]

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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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Remotely Installing .NET 4.5.1 on Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008R2

By Scott | Published: December 8, 2014

This is an example of using BatchPatch to install .NET 4.5.1 remotely on Windows 7 and Windows 2008R2 computers. Overview: The process is very straightforward. Add the target hosts to your BatchPatch grid, create the BatchPatch deployment, and then finally execute the deployment. It’s important to always test a new deployment on a single machine […]

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