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...

Failed to sign package; error was: 2148204810 In this article, we will be reviewing an error that can occur when trying to publish third-party software updates to WSUS. Topics covered in this article: Determine if You are Affected Check if the WSUS Signing Certificate...

An error occurred while publishing an update to WSUS: failed to create cab; error was: 2147942512 In this article, we're going to review a common error code that can occur when the drive the WSUSContent folder is located on has no more free space available. Topics...

An error occurred while publishing an update to WSUS: There is not enough space on the disk. In this article, we're going to review a common error code that can occur when the drive the WSUSContent folder is located on has no more free space available. Determine if...

An error occurred while converting the provided Proxy URL to a URI In this article, we will discuss a bug introduced in version 1.8.6.0 of the Patch My PC Publisher. In version 1.8.6.0, changes were made to parse the provided proxy URL in the Publisher. Below you will...

Intune Policy Size Limit Considerations In this article, we will discuss the existing limits on Intune Policy as it relates to Win32 application assignments. With these limits in mind, we can better plan the deployment of Intune Applications and Updates. Identify If...

How to Remove Already Published Third-Party Software Updates In some cases, you may want to remove third-party updates that have already been published to WSUS from Patch My PC. To perform this task, you will need to use the modify published updates wizard in the...