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Patch Lady – 2004 be a tad more communicative please?
Posted on July 31, 2020 at 12:43 CDT by Susan Bradley • Comment in the ForumsSomething in the premium comments on Thurrott’s newsletter about 2004 limping along caught my eye:“I wish Windows Update would tell you why the 2004 update is being blocked. It would at least give you the chance to update hardware/drivers or fix whatever config issue you have.”Yes yes yes yes yes!!! A thousand times yes! The link you get is not helpful. I just did a feedback item: https://aka.ms/AA94fa6(apologies as usual if you can’t vote that up) -

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