A workaround seems to have been discovered over on Technet
Posted extract by Maxime 128:

‘So what I have did is to disable completely the internet on the computer, reboot the computer and install the iso and wait.. Work perfectly now you can reactivate the internet after.
Is probably a bug on something when the installer verify the computer with internet before installing.’

I just got forced updated from 10/1809 to 10/1909 after checking for updates and I do not see any feature update offering option listed any more so is it possible that my system could get 10/2004 pushed out soon as well? My system does not appear to be having any issues with 1909 or the June 2020 10/1909 updates as well. I did have to update some drivers for my laptop and other such software and does that CrEdge update get offered every time one starts Edge/Non-Chromium from now on or is that just after monthly updates.

How does one tell if they have Edge/Chromium installed?

anonymous wrote:

How does one tell if they have Edge/Chromium installed?

You have the ChrEdge logo on the taskbar. Or, just run Edge and check the version installed :

Microsoft Edge is up to date.
Version 83.0.478.58 (Official build) (64-bit)

1909’s working quite fine for now.  Have zero desire for 2004 and don’t care if my system is ever upgradable to it.   lol

🙂

I noticed this peculiar behavior when I upgraded my seventh generation HP-Omen core i7 laptop last month from the Home version 1909 to the WU offered Home version 2004: it downloaded 4 gigabytes, spent some time “getting things ready” (may have been the other way around), and then began installing. But when it reached the 25% level of installing, it suddenly went back to “getting things ready” again for a while, before returning to installing again. This version upgrade took longer than any previous version upgrade on this machine (going back to starting with version 1709). It took well over an hour and a half with a core i7 processor and a 28 megabyte per second wi-fi connection. There were, however, no error messages; and the process completed successfully and has worked fine for three weeks, so far. But I have not detected anything at all that is even one degree better about 2004 versus 1909, nothing. And I would have thought that they would not even begin the downloading and installing phases of the upgrade before first determining whether everything was acceptable for the upgrade or not. Otherwise it is just a waste of the consumer’s time and resources. Microsoft seems to believe that most people leave their computers up and running 24 hours a day, 365 days a year; and that they (Microsoft) can just do whatever they want to the machines when they’re idle and unattended. Which is precisely why I never leave my computers idle and unattended. If I’m not using it, it’s shut down, off, not hibernating or sleeping, no rapid boot enabled.

it offers 2004 via WU and installs to 30 percent before this appears.

When I install monthly updates for Windows 8.1, it usually goes to 30% & holds a while before it restarts. That “hold” is probably Windows in general checking out drivers & other conditions before it gives the OK. Once the restart occurs, updates move from 30% to 100% pretty quickly on my 7-year-old machine… depending on what’s being updated.

BTW, Woody, the link goes to one of Thurrott’s tweets & not an article. Bad link, or did things change & the article is Premium?

Consider keeping Windows 10.2004 off your machine until things settle. Information is here:

https://www.askwoody.com/2020/win10-version-2004-deferrals-gone-from-the-user-interface-but-theres-a-little-known-registry-key-thatll-keep-new-versions-off-your-machine/

After installing the May patches a month ago, I received the message on the WU status page saying that Ver. 2004 was available along with the “Download and Install Now” option (which I, of course ignored!)

Today, after installing the June patches, the message had changed by telling me that Ver. 2004 was not ready for my device and that I would be advised when it (Ver. 2004) was ready for my device.  Perhaps if I would have clicked on the “Learn More” link, I would have, um,  learned more, but what I have learned is…be careful where you click of the WU page.

This is the opposite of the message that some reportedly received a couple months ago stating that their device was not ready for MS!

I love my Chromebook!!!!!!!!!!

Not surprised with any windows update errors anymore.
For me, reason for unsuccessful upgrade from Win7 to Win10 1909 was simple: shortcut to file with very long path|name in “Recent” folder of my user’s profile. Deleted that shortcut –  got successful upgrade.

another unexpected 2004 upgrade block, woody

recently from Neowin – OneDrive app is preventing Windows 10 users from upgrading to May 2020 Update

https://www.neowin.net/news/onedrive-app-is-preventing-windows-10-users-from-upgrading-to-may-2020-update

Pretty funny how this pans out. It seems that it is all just hit and miss. I have a very low spec Rikomagic MK36T box hanging around.

CPU Intel Atom x5-Z8350
2GB RAM
32GB eMMC
Intel HD Graphics 400
Windows 10 1809 Home installed out of the box.

It got the 1903 and 1909 updates that installed without issues despite the low specs. June 2020 updates installed and it is now offered the 2004 update which I am sure will also install without issues. Not that I plan on doing that right now. CrEdge is not installed on the system and I am not using a Microsoft account.

At the same time I have a Medion Laptop that came with Windows 10 S that I converted to Home.

CPU Intel Celeron N4000
4GB RAM
64GB eMMC
Intel HD Graphics 600

It got the 1909 update. June 2020 updates including forced upgrade to CrEdge which did not happen on the MK36T box. But here Microsoft update says the 2004 update is not ready for this computer. Again not using a Microsoft account on this one as well. I only created a Microsoft account to converd it from Windows 10 S to Home then immediately deleted said account.

Main computers all still on good old Windows 7.