New Post: patches not installing because they are not downloaded
Hi - Thanks for this great project. I have validated the above code and found it fixed an issue where I was seeing the error "COMAPI FATAL: Unable to perform synchronous installation successfully....
View ArticleNew Post: Using PoshPAIG without using PSEXEC
Use the latest version of PsExec, which currently is v2.11:https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb897553.aspx From that page:"Note that the password and command are encrypted in transit to the...
View ArticleNew Post: How do I Exclude/Exempt a single update
Hi, is there a way to exclude a single, or a list of updates? What can I add to the script to create a list of updates I don't want to install? Thanks
View ArticleNew Post: Install and restart in one task
Is it possible to initiate an install and restart in the same task? I have servers that I would patch in a group and would rather have them initiate the restart immediately after finishing the patch...
View ArticleNew Post: Error on installing patches
hi got a lot of errors in the report on installation of patches. any ideas? $uiHash.CancelImage.Source = "$pwd\Images\Stop.jpg" Ausnahme beim Festlegen von "Source" PropertyAssignmentException...
View ArticleNew Post: Error on installing patches
hi just found the error. the gui has problems if the script is called from a network share like \xyz\dfs$\abc or similar. just copied it on my local workstations hdd and it works :-) thx tom
View ArticleNew Post: install patches not possible after audit patches
hi just found out that if i open the gui, do an audit (about 25 servers), the audit works, but if i would like to install the patches afterwards, it does not work. i get errors:...
View ArticleNew Post: nonExisting methods
Hi I'm running this script and I'm getting errors about non-existing methods EditItem at Start-PoshPAIG.ps1 :449 char48 CommitEdit at Start-PoshPAIG.ps1 :451 char50 EditItelm at Start-PoshPAIG.ps1 :9...
View ArticleNew Post: Error with Audit
hi I'm getting the following errorWARNING: Exception calling "CreateInstance" with "1" argument(s): "Retrieving the COM class factory for remote component with CLSID...
View ArticleNew Post: Warning: Exception calling "create instance"
Warning: Exception calling "create instance" with "1" argument(s):"Retrieving" the com class factory from remote component with clsid{4CB43D7F-7EEE-4906-8698-60DA1C38F2FE} from machine MYSERVER failed...
View ArticleNew Post: PoshPAIG Tool
Hello Everyone, I am in the process of patching our environment, I found the perfect tool to this ( Posh Paig Tool) the only problem is that i need the option to choose which updates to install. I...
View ArticleNew Post: Nothing is getting installed
Hey paulexander, i'm encountering the same issue. ADMIN$'s are there, the vbs script is on C:. Cscript error level is 0 in the powershell window If i run the vbs manually not much is happening either....
View ArticleNew Post: Nothing is getting installed
Hey there, i've created a workaround and replaced the update.vbs with a powershell script. This works at least for me.
View ArticleNew Post: cscript.exe exited on SERVER with error code 0
hi team, I am having an issue where the script identifies correctly when a server has updates to download and install, however when attempting to run the install patches option the output is...
View ArticleNew Post: Options xml is empty or null
Looks like the options .xml does not correctly generate the xml.
View ArticleNew Post: PoshPAIG - new features
I am great fan of PoshPAIG tool. it has some great features for patch audit. I was wondering if we can add a option on drop down to check when the server was last patched. Thanks.
View ArticleNew Post: PoshPAIG updates enforced?
hi would it be possible to enforce all updates and do a reboot afterwards, otherwise i often have to audit and install updates 2 or 3 times until any updates are installed? thx tom
View ArticleNew Post: Import Windows Updates only
Is it possible to and how would I do that to modify the script to just do import windows updates and not include the optional windows updates?
View ArticleNew Post: Options xml is empty or null
Delete the options.xml file in the root of the install directory. Edit options.ps1 line 65, change $Optionshash to $script:Optionshash. That's one way to fix the options not working. The variable is in...
View ArticleNew Post: Jobs or something like it
Hello - 1st I love this tool, and use it often. When I am running a process [say 'Audit Patches'], I would like to run it as a job - which would allow me to run something else [say 'Check Pending...
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