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Is KB 4580980, the .NET update preview for 1903 and 1909, being installed even if you don’t “seek” for it?

A distressing post from @Brockton:

I’m running Win10 Home 1909 which was current with the October updates and currently updates are NOT paused.  I still have v2004 sitting in my update screen as an optional ‘download and install’.

I just had a notification pop-up to restart my computer.  It turns out KB4580980 downloaded and installed without me checking for updates.  I figured with this being a preview it would be optional.  Note that when I system did it’s usual auto-check for updates it pushed the .NET preview without my permission.

I know the thought was that if you un-pause updates it may perform a check and pull down the .NET preview … BUT my updates were not paused and it still auto-installed the .NET preview.  It was not optional like it used to be…

it seemed to act like a standard ‘Patch Tuesday’ update that you’d typically pause and prepare for.  But I’m used to the preview patches showing as optional so I kept my updates un-paused not expecting this unless I manuall check for updates.  It seemed to get pushed through like the monthly standard updates that you get even if you don’t ‘seek’.

Can you confirm? I’m not seeing it – but I’m paused.

A compatibility problem between Office 2010 and the Win10 version 2004 update?

Just got this report from BM:

Just thought I would let you know that the 2004 update was a complete mess for me. It was pushed, I didn’t choose it. I run a Legion Y920-17IKB laptop with a licensed version of office 2010 (because I prefer it to 365). The update completely removed every office file I have created since October 2019. No files were saved in the update restore folder and restoring back to the previous version of windows didn’t recover the files. It also changed all the recents in those applications to files that were again, back from 2019.

This is by far the worst update experience I’ve had, sharing it with you incase you can use it as a cautionary tale for your readers. Microsoft advice is to always back-up to the cloud. God I hate their updates so much! Just when you thought 2020 had thrown all it could at you…

Microsoft has released October 2020 “C” Week Preview Updates for 1809, 1903 and 1909

Microsotf has released October “C” Week Cumulative Update Previews for Win10 versions 1809, 1903 and 1909

KB4580386 for 1903/1909
KB4580390 for 1809

Highlights for versions 1903/1909 include:

There is a substantial list of fixes for all versions but no impending need to install any of them.

.NET updates Previews for 1809, 1903, and 1909 have also been released:
KB4580980 for .NET 3.5/4.8 for 1903/1909
KB4580979 for .NET 3.5/4.8 for 1809
Thx @abbodi86

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