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The 1909 pc is set per your original AKB000…16 group policy settings. Before updating, I will change the settings to target release date of “2004” and set feature deferrals to “0”.

1. Using the Windows update method, should I disconnect from internet after the download and before installing? I do not have a MS account and do not want one.

2. Should I wait to update to 2004 until nearer the end of January to see if there are any problems with the January updates?

Thanks for your advice now and many times previously.

Questions on options updating from 1909 to 2004 pro:

— To Update within Windows update group policy set to “2004”:

Q1: Should I disconnect from internet once the 2004 file downloads but before installation?

Q2: Will this process also install the January updates as well that are still Defcon 2?

— To update using iso from Heidoc:

As the Heidoc iso is dated May 2000, when is safe to update as the Jan 2021 updates are still Defcon 2?

I do have an iso that I made via Media Creation Tool in October right before the Cert problem was discovered so I suppose it cannot be used.

This is a new experience for me as I have not installed a Win 10 update before. One pc has 1909, the other 2004 (both pro).

Thanks for any advice.

I take it that having win update install the ssu is just as good as separately. Much easier that way and probably the way a large %age of the ssu updates are installed. At least MS made a positive move eliminating the separate ssu install.

Thanks again for all of your advice now and many previous times.

Thanks to both of you for your responses.

Yesterday I uninstalled Dell Support Assistant. Today no application reconfiguration messages; hopefully this will continue. A day or so before I had tried to “disable” Support Assistant by not allowing it to run on its own, but to no avail. I think the program has a product recovery routine that runs when anything is installed.

After I posted the message, I traced the time when the messages started to when I installed Support Assistant as it was installed on another identical Dell but running v1909. Dell Update, also installed, is far less intrusive it seems.

In previous versions of Windows on our Dell pcs, I never used these support programs as I did not install bios, intel, etc updates with rare exception. With Win 10, I suppose I should keep up with updates through Dell programs as I do not allow Windows to install its own 3rd party updates.. Maybe I am incorrect on this.

I also looked at Event Viewer and Task Scheduler that I was not familiar with. While useful, I doubt that I would have determined the problem looking at them.

Thanks again.

Does this situation mean that we can repurpose usb’s containing iso’s for 1909 & 2004 due to the certificate problem?  Apparently the only upgrade path now to 2004 is by Windows Update.

Is it likely that MS will release updated iso’s for versions 1909 & 2004?

 

Thanks. Contol Panel shows that the June SSU was installed. I had forgotten to check Control Panel as Settings/Windows Update fails to show detailed information on what has been installed.

Will do. The 2 Intel updates may be harmless, but you never know. Never had to deal with these in 7 & earlier.

Many, many thanks.

Is the GP setting preferable in blocking updates to using wushowhide? The latter method (using wushowhide) seems to follow your AKB200016 although the former (GP) would be simpler.

Thanks again.

Should I hide the 2 Intel updates?

In the future, I think the general advice is to block hardware updates via WU. What is the best way to do this? From what I have read, this can be accomplished by Group Policy (I have 10Pro), by Control Panel (although MS seems to be ready to take that option away), and by registry edit.

Thanks so much for coming to rescue me from the complexities of W10.

Thanks so much. I have 10 pro and have not used metered connections.

That is one of the confusing issues by have several versions of Windows. At least the basic functions such as updating should be the same.

Also, thank you for taking the time to update AKB00..16 for v2004 users although I am not planning to update from 1909 in the near future.

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Why do I need to turn on Metered Connnections in wushowhide if I used the update settings that you suggest in AKB000..16? I have v1909 and have not been offered update to v2004 although I suppose it might show up running wushowhide.

I have not yet hidden updates, although 2 Intel updates are now offered that I may need to hide with wushowhide.

Why do I need to run wushowhide via wireless  connection? The W10 pc is a desktop with ethernet – no need for wireless. I have run wushowhide before using ethernet with no problems.

Thanks for help with this. I thought I had window update under control until reading about using wushowhide.

PKCano, many thanks for coming to the rescue again. Of all the Windows versions I have used, 10 is the most complicated and confusing and offers nothing that I need that is not in 7, or XP for that matter.

I turned auto update off on Store items. Maybe that will quieten it a bit.

I may just uninstall the unused trial version of Office and that will take care of its attempts to update. If I decide on the current version of Office, I will install a fresh version.

Thanks again.

Thanks for replying. At least I am not the only one with this rather peculiar behavior.

This afternoon, I installed the monthly cumulative update; the security update was at the top of the list. I clicked download; the daily update installed by itself. Out of curiosity, I checked the view installed virus definitions and there it was – the last one since Mar 7.

Thinking back on the display of definitions installed March 7 and earlier, the pc was initially set to pause updates for 7 days. During that time, the daily updates did appear as installed virus definitions. The first cumulative update installed March 7 at the end of the pause update period and I do not pause updates now.

No idea why this is so as I am also new to Win 10. At least there are no apparent errors; I just wish it were as straightforward as Win 7 and its predecessors.

 

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Those are the settings that I use. The defender updates appear each day as available updates and apparently get installed during the day, but they do not appear in definition update history. As I mentioned earlier, they do appear until Mar 7 when I did the monthly cumulative update.

Suppose I will not worry about it again unless there are update errors. Really miss the simplicity of Win 7 updating.

Thanks for your help.

 

No, I let it update automatically.