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• I’m almost ready for Windows 10 2004 … almost!

  Posted on September 27, 2020 at 21:10 CDT by Tracey Capen • Comment in the Forums

  PATCH WATCH

  By Susan Bradley

  The fall release of Windows 10 — 20H2 — is rolling into the station. But we’re still waiting to board Version 2004.

  If you’re a prudent patcher like me, you see a new release of Windows as the call to prepare for the most current release — i.e. Version 2004. As we’ve said more than once, even if you’re not ready to catch 2004, download a copy and save it for later. Next, take stock of your system and acquaint yourself with any Win10 2004 issues.

  Read the full story in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 17.38.0 (2020-09-28).

  AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Patch Watch AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Domain-controller threats, Feature updates, Win10 2004, Win10 20H2, Win10 Preview updates, Windows Updates

• Kicking the Win10 2004 tires

  Posted on September 20, 2020 at 21:05 CDT by Tracey Capen • Comment in the Forums

  Windows 10

  By TB Capen

  The newest Windows is trickling out to a PC near you — or maybe not.

  The mystery with Version 2004 is why it’s been offered to some systems but not others. That was the case on three of my PCs. So to get a look at the newest Windows, I forced an upgrade. Here’s what I found.

  Read the full story in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 17.37.0 (2020-09-21).

  AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Windows 10 Releases AskWoody Plus Newsletter, System upgrading issues, Task Manager, Task View, update, Virtual desktops, Win10 2004, Windows Update

• Patch Lady – anyone else getting 2004?

  Posted on September 7, 2020 at 10:12 CDT by Susan Bradley • Comment in the Forums

  

  Just when I think I understand the consumer updating experience…. I didn’t click to approve to install this.

  Now I did go into the update settings last night to check some settings and the 2004 was set to be approved to install.

  Current status as of July 22, 2020

  Windows 10, version 2004 is available for users with devices running Windows 10, versions 1903 and 1909, who manually seek to “Check for updates” via Windows Update. We are now starting a new phase in our rollout. Using the machine learning-based (ML-based) training we have done so far, we are increasing the number of devices selected to update automatically to Windows 10, version 2004 that are approaching end of service. We will continue to train our machine learning through all phases to intelligently rollout new versions of Windows 10 and deliver a smooth update experience. The recommended servicing status is Semi-Annual Channel.

  This on my Lenovo Thinkpad with cellular.  But I still don’t see that 2004 should have been pushed like this.  Anyone else seeing 2004 on their machines and you didn’t “check for updates”?  I was on 1909.
  Windows 10 Patch Lady Posts, Win10 2004, Win10 2004 upgrades

• Annoyed that Win10 Version 2004 won’t install

  Posted on August 23, 2020 at 21:10 CDT by Tracey Capen • Comment in the Forums

  LANGALIST

  By Fred Langa

  An AskWoody reader is losing patience waiting for Windows Update to green-light the newest Windows 10.

  Here’s what could be blocking the update — and how to easily work around most such issues.

  Plus: A brave subscriber wants to swap just the physical platters inside his dead hard drive.

  Read the full story in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 17.33.0 (2020-08-24).

  AskWoody Plus Newsletter, LangaList AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Hard drive platter swapping, Upgrade blocking, Win10 2004, Win10 upgrade blocking

• Win10 version 2004 gets “optional” fixes for many problems – but OneDrive still suffers

  Posted on August 5, 2020 at 07:25 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  The “optional, non-security, C/D Week” patch for Win10 version 2004, KB 4568831, claims to cure many of the ills that afflict the latest version of Windows. Mayank Parmar has an overview in Windows Latest:

  Microsoft has finally published an optional update to address at least four major bugs in Windows 10 version 2004, including Storage Spaces file corruption issue where the disk-failure protection feature is broken. (That’s the Parity Space bug I talked about on June 18 -WL.)

  While the problem with Drive Optimize tool remains unpatched and unacknowledged, Microsoft says it has included fixes for problems affecting Storage Spaces… This patch also allows Windows built-in data protection software to work as intended.

  I’m skeptical that the optional update actually fixes all of those problems, but stranger things have happened.

  In addition, Günter Born says he’s found evidence of yet another long-standing Win10 bug:

  After upgrading to the next build, OneDrive fails and delivers ‘OneDrive cannot connect to Windows’. There can also be printer problems.

  He reports on a German blog reader, Martin, who has both a description and a solution of the bug that only occurs when you do an in place upgrade.

  Windows 10 Releases Win10 2004, Win10 2004 bugs

• Hello! Has anyone seen 2004?

  Posted on August 2, 2020 at 23:12 CDT by Tracey Capen • Comment in the Forums
  

  PATCH WATCH

  By Susan Bradley

  Have you received the May feature release of Windows 10 — aka Version 2004?

  So here it’s the start of August — 68 days after the release of Microsoft’s newest Windows — and I have not seen Win10 2004 offered to any of my home PCs. These are my unmanaged machines: a home-built SilverStone small-form-factor desktop, a Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon laptop, an older Surface, and a newer Surface Go.

  On every one of my systems, Windows Update taunts me with a message that effectively says “your machine isn’t worthy.”

  Read the full story in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 17.30.0 (2020-08-03).

  AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Patch Watch AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Patching experience survey, Upgrade blocks, Virtual tech shows, Win10 2004

• Have a Surface Pro X? Want to upgrade to Win10 2004? There’s a convoluted way….

  Posted on July 30, 2020 at 09:03 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  No, I don’t recommend that you install Win10 version 2004.

  But if you have a Surface Pro X (which I don’t recommend, either) and you really really want to move to Win10 version 2004, it can be done, in spite of the notification that says “This PC can’t be upgraded to Windows 10.”

  It involves installing the update, and in the middle – at just the right moment – disconnecting your internet connection.

  Full instructions from ScottGillis on the Microsoft Answers forum.

  Thx @barbbowman

  Surface, Windows 10 Releases Surface Pro X, Win10 2004

• How can a Win10 1903 user keep 2004 off their machine?

  Posted on July 29, 2020 at 12:05 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  Interesting question from CN:

  Windows 1903 Home user…  I searched the forum for help with this, and I found a post, but I can’t find all the replies, and I can’t find instructions to help me stop this forced upgrade. The replies I can read seem to reference blocking strategies that I can’t use (perhaps for Windows Pro users?)

  Updates just resumed after a 3 week pause for the month of July. Win 2004 is now installing without my requesting it, accepting it, or clicking Check for Updates. I paused the install until September, but where on the forum can I find a way to allow other updates when we hit DEFCON 3 without installing Win 2004?

  Do you know of a reliable magic incantation to keep MS from pushing 1903 Home to 2004? I wrote about this back in May, but now it seems that MS is going after 1903 users without offering the circuit breaker “Download and install” option.

  Windows 10 Releases Win10 2004
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