Newsletter Archives

• 2004’s being pushed?

  Posted on June 24, 2021 at 00:01 CDT by Susan Bradley • Comment in the Forums

  In the Windows update twitter account they indicate:

  Today we are starting a new rollout phase for Windows 10, version 21H1 using our latest machine learning model to begin the multi-month process to automatically update devices running Windows 10, version 2004, that are approaching end of servicing.

  So. What does that mean? Same old, same old, unfortunately.

  If you have a device on 2004 and do not have the targetreleaseversion in place to keep it on 2004, Microsoft will begin pushing you to 21H1.

  Well first I think they are pushing a little too quickly as 2004 doesn’t age out until December.  Furthermore I still see people struggling to get off of 1909 and on to 2004. So if you have a reason to stay on 2004 – even if that reason is that you are too busy right now to deal with it- make sure you have the targetreleaseversion setting in place otherwise you may find yourself rebooting when you don’t want it.

  I’ll be soon adding the approval of 21H1 to my recommended versions.  Bottom line my recommendation is to use the TRV (aka targetreleaseversion) setting to be the guard rails on your system.  You then get to choose exactly when you want to go through the feature upgrade process. It’s on your time schedule, not Microsoft.

  Will spotted this video the other day… scroll to the 9 minute mark and listen.

  Uncategorized Patch Lady Posts, TargetReleaseVersionInfo

• Got a Windows 7 Ultimate key lying around?

  Posted on May 25, 2021 at 23:56 CDT by Susan Bradley • Comment in the Forums

  Ed Bott reports that you can use a Win 7 pro or ultimate key to upgrade your Windows 10 home to pro. I still recommend upgrading from Home to Pro because it exposes a lot more ways to defer updates. As we know the Targetreleaseversion registry key works with Windows 10 Home as well as pro, but I’m still a fan of having more ability to control updates, not less.

  I think I just saw one of those plastic cases the other day buried in a box upstairs. You should see the cables and boxes I have and keep because you just never know….clearly I was anticipating a need for these keys

   

  Windows 10 Patch Lady Posts, TargetReleaseVersionInfo

• Win10 version 2004 deferrals gone from the user interface – but there’s a little-known Registry key that’ll keep new versions off your machine

  Posted on June 26, 2020 at 08:12 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  This one’s a gem.

  As you can see in the next two blog posts, Microsoft has officially taken away the “defer quality updates” and “defer feature updates” settings from the Win10 user interface. You can futz around with Group Policy entries in Pro, Education and Enterprise versions, if you want to dive in, but it’s no longer easy to keep Microsoft from offering version upgrades.

  Except.

  Except there’s a little-known Registry key called TargetReleaseVersionInfo that’ll keep your Pro, Education or Enterprise PC locked on to the version of your choice — at least, until Microsoft pulls the plug on that version. @abbodi86 leads the way.

  Details in Computerworld Woody on Windows.

  Windows 10 Releases, Windows Patches/Security TargetReleaseVersionInfo