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Patch My PC
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Patch My PC is the company blog at patchmypc.com, writing about systems and security. Since 2020, 8 different Hacker News readers have linked it 9 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-28, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN commenters link Patch My PC's home updater for quickly reinstalling apps after a clean Windows image, and its catalog update posts as a source for a Teams release question. No comment judges the writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Simplify IT with Patch My PC's endpoint management software. Automate patching, app updates, reporting, and analytics to save time and boost security.
What Hacker News says?
For home use, I use Macrium and OneDrive. A good pattern I've found is to have a "clean" Windows 10 image (maybe with a few utilities), my personal data on OneDrive or a NAS and then something like PatchMyPC [1] to reinstall apps quickly. I also have bvckup2 (worth buying almost for the amazing UI alone) but I use it more for syncing some folders to and from a NAS. [1]: https://patchmypc.com/home-updater
Comment linking /home-updater
on “Backing up data like the adult I supposedly am”Submitted Windows 11 25H2 adds OS debloating tool as a story · 4 points
HN discussionIt was there before? As noted by a handful of 3rd party sites. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem like anyone reproduced the release notes, or at least Google has yet to index them. https://patchmypc.com/patch-my-pc-catalog-update-07-06-22
Comment linking /patch-my-pc-catalog-update-07-06-22
on “Did Microsoft pull Teams version 1.5.00.17656 and pretend it never happened?”Submitted The LocalNetworkAccessAllowedForUrls policy you never deployed as a story · 3 points
HN discussionBitLocker encrypts data on a disk using what it calls a Full Volume Encryption Key (FVEK).[1][2] This FVEK is encrypted with a separate key which it calls a Volume Management Key (VMK) and the VMK-encrypted FVEK is stored in one to three (for redundancy) metadata blocks on the disk.[1][2] The VMK is then encrypted with one or more times with a key which is derived/stored using one or more methods which are identifie…
Comment linking /blog/bitlocker-recovery-key-cleanup/
on “Microsoft gave FBI set of BitLocker encryption keys to unlock suspects' laptops”Submitted HP OneAgent Update Broke Entra Trust on HP AI Devices as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Windows 11 Administrator Protection: Secure Your Admins as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Intune Remote Wipe: There was a problem resetting your PC as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Quality updates during the out-of-box experience (Windows Setup) as a story · 1 points
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