Susan,

I’ve been using 0patch since it was first offered, (Aug. of 2021) and I have not had ANY problems with it. I like the way updates are applied automatically and regularly. Great tool for our protection.

Dave

0Patch Pro is indispensable for none ESU Windows 7 users.
Never seen a problem on a 10 years old Windows 7 PC.

Thank you Susan!

1. Does 0Patch work on <b>both</b> vulnerabilities: word/rtf AND the ms search ones?

2. This last picture- it is unclear whether any free patches were applied? What indicates that it has?

I’d not heard about this smart tool. Found it via AskWoody Plus. Smooth, simple, and smart was the tool’s installation with your instructions. Thank you.

Installing 0Patch also re-minds me to look at Background Processes and see what overhead use levels are happening in the background. The two 0Patch processes together use around 7.2 Mb RAM at this writing, and that doesn’t even put them among the top 100 Background Process resources.

It reminds me of the long ago days when I used PatchLink’s server on the first Windows network I built and ran. I don’t know if/how PatchLink functions well these days. Back in the day it was kind’a fiddley but quite granular but it worked OK. It then had administrator options to deploy or withhold specific patches for specific workstations or servers.

I just signed up for 0Patch and have a question that touches on 0Patch and some other websites.

I use a password manager (Roboform) and a number of sites, including 0Patch, have a small  sign in area that disappears if I try to fill the password via Roboform.  I can’t copy the (long) password using copy & paste.

Is there a way to deal with this that doesn’t start causing folks to use stupidly short and unsecure passwords?

Do I need to do anything with the 7 patchable modules or will this happen on its own?

Thanks.

John18 wrote:

Do I need to do anything with the 7 patchable modules or will this happen on its own?

Thanks.

I have the same question.

Once you install 0patch, it runs and updates on its own.
You don’t need to do anything with it but be sure the slide switch is ON to enable.

OK, I installed it. It says it hasn’t applied any patches. How do I tell it to go ahead and apply the patches? It says it has 430 patches.

I see more replys that say it runs automatically. As far as I can tell, it hasn’t done that yet.

turbo930-44 wrote:

How do I tell it to go ahead and apply the patches?

The app will patch automatically.

When Microsoft comes up with their patch will 0patch cause any problems when the MS patch is installed?

“System will sync up and download the patches.”

Susan, how does one know if system has synced up and downloaded patches and how long to stay in console?

“click on the shield which will show you your downloaded patches. Further along, across the top, click on the clipboard and there’s a log of what’s been downloaded and, if need be, applied.”

The shield shows about 70 patches as available but none were downloaded.

Log: “2022/06/09 16:55:55 Module Scanner found 7 new patchable modules (may be duplicates) on the system” but I don’t see that I got this Folina patch or any other. I think this free program may not allow download or sync but just shows what’s available to buy.

I don’t see an option to sync.

“The system will sync up and download the patches. Note that when you are in the “free” mode, you will get those micro updates that are current.”

Susan, the free version does not seem to sync or download patches. It just shows what patches are available. MSCOMCTL.OCX is in red.

Susan, thank you for providing all of the good information you do to keep our computers up to date and safe from the Dark Side.

cmar6 wrote:

All it does is show “patchable modules”. So the free version is worthless.

Open the Log and see if any patches were applied.
There are no notifications about updates.

I visited my brother who is running Windows 7 with 0Patch Pro.
Looked at the log and there were more the 60+ updates on June 10-11.

*This is the best I could do with my iPhone 🙁

I want to make sure I understand.

Even if I run 0Patch Pro I still should do the Group Policy Editor deferral method that I do anyway, correct?  I guess a follow-on question would be how does Windows know that the 0Patch items should be installed immediately and not wait the 15-day deferral that I run with Windows Update items?

TIA

Question: Do I need to log into Opatch every day? Or will it log in automatically the next time I start up my computer? I shut down my desktop computer after every time I use it.

Rush2112 wrote:

Do I need to log into Opatch every day?

You don’t have to do a thing. 0Patch runs and updates in the background as long as your PC is on.

Thanks! That’s good to know. I didn’t know how it operated. I am completely new to OPatch.

cmar6 wrote:

Since the free Opatch does not work

Open the LOG and check if any updates were installed.

Susan,

Thanks in advance for your help in keeping our computers safe and performing well.

Installed 0patch and currently shows 5 patchable modules.  In checking history, nothing has happened and have had installed for over 24 hours now.

Also noticed after logging into 0patch website and my account, that 0patch is free for evaluation for 60 days.  If I understand correctly, would require Pro license after that time.

Again, thanks for all the help

Morning,

See that there have been no comments to this thread in over a month.  Just wondering if anyone is having any issues.  I am using free version and note that only two patches have been applied but there appears to be a few that have failed.  Anyone else seen this?

I left out the attachments.

I recently bought a new laptop that has Win 11 Home pre installed on it. Is Opatch applicable for my new laptop as well?