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WSUS Offline Update mentions (6)

• Windows updates on an air gapped network.

  I think he was talking about https://wsusoffline.net/ Which I used forever ago but seems like it's abandonware since 2020. Source: 12 months ago

• Windows Update Error 0x80073712

  That being said, you can try generating a full update package with WSUSOffline and let it pull all the latest available updates, and then use that to update the problematic servers and see if you're lucky. Source: about 1 year ago

• Windows Server for Internet Cafe to Push updates offline.

  It doesn't sound like there's anybody around with sufficient knowledge to properly administer Active Directory; so you should probably avoid it. There are also any number of RMM utilities that handle Windows patch management. And there are also manual tools like WSUSOffline that could be leveraged. Source: over 1 year ago

• Rebuilt 2012r2 DC. Twice. Anyone have advice on applying patches? It hung on one, and I don't know which.

  Use WSUS Offline to bring your base install as up-to-date as possible first, and then run against WSUS or Windows Update for anything left. Source: over 2 years ago

• What would you do if asked to manually install Windows Updates on 50+ PCs?!

  Https://wsusoffline.net/ is an option if you can't make a dedicated WSUS server. Source: over 2 years ago

Beyond Compare mentions (5)

• Best tools to show the difference in files between two cloned drives?

  I can highly recommend BeyondCompare from https://scootersoftware.com/. Source: over 1 year ago

• How to verify that the files are copied without problems?

  Checksums are better long term. However a nice GUI program: Beyond Compare from Scooter Software is a native Windows app that will compare entire subdirectories or even entire disks and will show a GUI of changes / mods / missing / extra files. It costs money but it's worth it -- both Windows AND Linux versions. Free 30 day trial. Source: almost 2 years ago

• Thank goodness for backups

  Ugh, ok, I feel pretty stupid but, I was messing around with Beyond Compare (a nice piece of software that I highly recommend, btw) comparing my internal drive with an incomplete backup thereof, trying to delete duplicates. My best guess (and I'm still not sure but taking an educated guess) at what happened is, while I was deleting, I accidentally selected *both* the left and right sides, instead of just the... Source: about 2 years ago

• What are some of the coolest/most useful programs to have in 2022?

  BeyondCompare is a tool I love for comparing configuration files or t directory trees. Source: over 2 years ago

• Favorite source code comparison tool / diff tool?

  I love Beyond Compare 4. I use it often for folder and file diffs. I like that I can have different projects for each codebase. The coloration and UI is nice too. Source: over 2 years ago