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Intune Apps vs Intune Updates
Intune Apps vs Intune Updates This article will detail when to use Intune Apps or Intune Updates and the relevant assignments for each. Topics covered in this article: Intune Apps & Intune Updates - What's The Difference? Scenario 1 - Required Apps Scenario 2 -...
Third Party Software Updates Maximum Runtime in ConfigMgr
Third Party Software Updates Maximum Runtime in ConfigMgr This article will detail the requirement to increase the maximum runtime for third party software updates in Microsoft Configuration Manager (SCCM / MEMCM / MECM / ConfigMgr). Topics covered in this article:...
Enable WSUS Client Trace Logging
Enable WSUS Client Trace Logging In this article, we will discuss how to enable trace logging for the Windows Update Agent on a Windows device. This can also be considered debug, or verbose logging. With this enabled the WindowsUpdate.log file, and the corresponding...
Apache Log4j Vulnerability CVE-2021-44228
Apache Log4j vulnerability CVE-2021-44228 Patch My PC engineers are hard at work monitoring and releasing catalog updates as they are released by vendors, and the Patch My PC Publisher does not use the Log4J library. Topics covered in this article: Patch My PC...
An error occurred while extracting the certificate from WSUS: Access is denied
An error occurred while extracting the certificate from WSUS: Access is denied Topics covered in this article: Determine if You are Affected Workaround Determine if You are Affected Publishing may fail on Server 2012 / 2016 with the following error message in the...
How to Rollback or Uninstall Third-Party Updates in Intune
How to Rollback or Uninstall Third-Party Updates in Intune This article describes how to rollback/uninstall a third-party update in Intune. We get asked: how do I rollback a third-party update if there are issues in my environment? This guide will describe your...
The Simple Guide to WSUS Maintenance and Optimization in ConfigMgr
The Simple Guide to WSUS Maintenance and Optimization in ConfigMgr In this article, we are going to break down the key factors involved in ensuring your WSUS server and software update point are healthy and optimized for performance. There are many excellent guides...
Failed to create temp file with GetTempFileName() at temp location . error 80
Failed to create temp file with GetTempFileName() at temp location . error 80 Error 80, or 0x80070050, generally occurs when attempting to download software updates (whether third party updates or Microsoft updates) into a deployment package. When attempting to...
Basic and Intune Essentials Subscription
Basic and Intune Essentials Subscription We offer a Basic subscription for those that want to publish third-party software updates from Microsoft's System Center Updates Publisher using our catalog into their Configuration Manager environment. As of January 26, 2024,...
Deploying Additional Language Packs to Firefox
Deploying additional language packs to Firefox This article will demonstrate how you can leverage our Publisher's ability to Add custom pre/post scripts to allow you to add additional language packs to Firefox and configure it to use the appropriate language pack...
Export Publisher Product List
Export Publisher Product List In this article, we will cover the feature with the Publisher that allows you to export the current list of enabled products and their right-click configurations. Topics covered in this article: How to use it Notes How to use it This...
Free Power BI Report for Microsoft and Third-Party Updates in Configuration Manager
Free Power BI Report for Microsoft and Third-Party Updates in Configuration Manager The Patch My PC Power BI dashboard can monitor the compliance and deployment of third-party and Microsoft security updates through Configuration Manager. Video Guide for Power Bi...
New Categorization Methodology for Patch My PC Java Releases
New Categorization Methodology for Patch My PC Java Releases In July 2021, Patch My PC added a new flavor of OpenJDK – Zulu JDK. With this new addition we are trying a new methodology for the JRE/JDK releases. If this new methodology proves to be successful, Patch My...
Application Creation Bug if PowerShell Execution Policy is Set via GPO
Application Creation Bug if PowerShell Execution Policy is Set via GPO As of June 16, 2021, the Patch My PC team was made aware of a bug in the Publisher that affected approximately 116 customers. At this time the team has released build 2.0.6 of the Publisher which...
Personal Lab Subscription
We offer a Personal Lab subscription for those that want to use our enterprise Patch My PC Publisher in their personal Configuration Manager or Intune lab environment. Topics covered in this article: Overview of Personal Lab Subscription Requirements and Limitations...