Installation Fails with Error Code 1603 Installation error 1603 is one of the more common errors we see for application or update installations. This article will review installation error 1603 and explain how to get more details about why the installation failed....

How Publishing Alerts Work in Patch My PC's Publisher An important factor of third-party patching is staying informed as new updates publish in real-time. Our alerts feature allows you to be notified via the following methods: Email Microsoft Teams webhook...

Patch My PC Cost Justification and Return on Investment (ROI) A key part of every company is to reduce overall expenses and increase efficiencies where possible. This article will cover some of the benefits and cost justifications provided by Patch My PC's products...

The request was aborted: Could not create SSL/TLS secure channel. The error "The request was aborted: Could not create SSL/TLS secure channel." can happen during any download HTTP request. This error generally will correspond to firewalls, proxies or DNS...

When and How to Republish Patch My PC Third-Party Applications & Updates In this article, the topic of republishing updates in Patch My PC will be explained in detail. At a high level, we will discuss the following topics in this article: What is Republishing...

How to Remove Third-Party Updates from WSUS and SCCM To remove a third-party update from WSUS, you can either decline or delete the update completely. We will review how to delete or decline third-party updates in this article. Topics covered in this article: Option...

What Are Metadata-Only Updates and How to Download and Deploy Metadata-Only Updates? (Blue Icons) In this article, we will cover the topic of metadata-only updates. This is a useful feature that is available in WSUS, and subsequently Configuration Manager. Topics...

a network-related or instance-specific error occurred while establishing a connection to sql server. The error a network-related or instance-specific error occurred while establishing a connection to sql server has been an error we have been tracking via our proactive...

'authority' should be in uri format The error 'authority' should be in uri format can occur when you configured an invalid authority URL. Topics covered in this article: Determine if You are Affected Resolve Error: authority' should be in Uri format Determine if You...

Introducing Proactive Customer Care Today, we're excited to announce our new proactive customer care program. Below we will cover what this actually means and why we think this program will benefit our customers. Topics covered in this article: What is Proactive...

How to Use Patch My PC in a Disconnected Environment without Internet We often get asked if Patch My PC supports publishing third-party updates to WSUS/SCCM in a totally offline environment with no internet access. Offline environments are a supported scenario, and...

How to Share Large Files with Patch My PC for Support Cases There may be some cases when working with our support team where you may need to share large files with us for troubleshooting. A few examples are: Package source files for ConfigMgr applications Installer...

Verification of file signature failed for file during update publishing This article covers a common error "Verification of file signature failed for file:" that can occur when publishing a new update or revising a third-party software update in WSUS. Topics covered...