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Bob99 wrote:

1. Lower the Quality deferral number to zero(0)

Set Quality deferral at 0 (zero) and leave it there. You do NOT need to set Quality deferral if you have GP setting of “2” because the updates will NOT download unless/until you click the “Download” button. If you set a deferral you cannot see what is pending to be able to hide what you don’t want.

Bob99 wrote:

2. Use wushowhide to find and unhide the monthly September updates for 2004 (.net and the monthly “rollup” for 2004)

You DO NOT need to hide updates you want it you have GP setting “2” because the updates will NOT download unless/until you click the “Download” button. Only hide what you do not want. You are putting in controls then invalidating them with other controls. You can’t see what you’ve got if you keep deferring and hiding what you want to install.

Bob99 wrote:

3. Click “check for updates” to allow WU to d/l and install the updates

NEVER, NEVER, NEVER click “Check for updates.” If you have the GP setting of “2” there will be a “Download” button (when you leave Quality deferral – 0) – click on that.

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opti1, Perq

I’ve recently been having performance issues so I did a repair install that brought me up to 2004. All good I thought.

Then Windows tried to install KB4571756 and tried to reboot. All I got was the HP logo (HP Notebook) and the spinning wheel. And it spun and it spun and it spun.

I was cursing, thinking I might have to do a fresh reinstall so went to bed. Eventually the next morning the Widows login screen came up. I used the MS Hide Updates tool to block KB4571756 and so far it seems to be going OK.

I don’t use that setting shown in your picture, nor do I know what it is telling you.

For me, Check for updates is active and remains active whether or not WUMgr has been used to check for updates. DON’T CLICK Check for updates.

WUMgr has the option to hide updates. I hide updates that I don’t want to install. I use WUMgr to tell me “Here be Update Dragons.”

On permanent hiatus {with backup and coffee}
offline▸ Win10Pro 2004.19041.572 x64 i3-3220 RAM8GB HDD Firefox83.0b3 WindowsDefender
offline▸ Acer TravelMate P215-52 RAM8GB Win11Pro 22H2.22621.1265 x64 i5-10210U SSD Firefox106.0 MicrosoftDefender
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krism

Followup:

I used WUMgr to unhide updates and used Check for updates.

• 2020-08 Cumulative Update Preview for .NET Framework 3.5 and 4.8 for Windows 10 Version 1909 for x64 (KB4570723) installed immediately.
• 2020-08 Cumulative Update Preview for Windows 10 Version 1909 for x64-based Systems (KB4566116) shows under Optional updates available.

DON’T USE Check for updates.

On permanent hiatus {with backup and coffee}
offline▸ Win10Pro 2004.19041.572 x64 i3-3220 RAM8GB HDD Firefox83.0b3 WindowsDefender
offline▸ Acer TravelMate P215-52 RAM8GB Win11Pro 22H2.22621.1265 x64 i5-10210U SSD Firefox106.0 MicrosoftDefender
online▸ Win11Pro 22H2.22621.1992 x64 i5-9400 RAM16GB HDD Firefox116.0b3 MicrosoftDefender

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woody

I use WUMgr to check for (and hide updates, if necessary). Both of these updates were shown in WUmgr, hidden in WUMgr, and are not installed.  DON’T USE Check for updates:

• 2020-08 Cumulative Update Preview for .NET Framework 3.5 and 4.8 for Windows 10 Version 1909 for x64 (KB4570723)
• 2020-08 Cumulative Update Preview for Windows 10 Version 1909 for x64-based Systems (KB4566116)

On permanent hiatus {with backup and coffee}
offline▸ Win10Pro 2004.19041.572 x64 i3-3220 RAM8GB HDD Firefox83.0b3 WindowsDefender
offline▸ Acer TravelMate P215-52 RAM8GB Win11Pro 22H2.22621.1265 x64 i5-10210U SSD Firefox106.0 MicrosoftDefender
online▸ Win11Pro 22H2.22621.1992 x64 i5-9400 RAM16GB HDD Firefox116.0b3 MicrosoftDefender

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madquack

When Windows Update scans for updates using the Windows Update Service, the pending updates are saved in a cache. That is what shows in the Windows Update queue. The cache is not cleared until Windows Update scans again. So what you see in the queue is static.

Wushowhide also uses theWindows Update Service to scan for updates. If you are scanning for/hiding updates with wushowhide, the scan is realtime (dynamic). So the hidden updates appear hidden and no longer show pending.

But the Windows Update cache hasn’t changed, b/c WU has not run a scan. So the updates you have hidden still show in the queue. If you “resume updates,” turn off metered connections, or otherwise unblock the download/install, you actually get what appears in the queue, even though you think you have hidden the updates.

So once you hide updates, you either need to clear the queue or wait until WU scans again on its own. Be sure the queue only has the unhidden updates before you pull the plug, b/c what you see there is what you get.

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Speed Racer, Coldheart9020, woody

Of course have a backup available before proceeding…

You can delete the SoftwareDistribution folder*, the action will clear pending updates and hidden updates. Also your update history might disappear from View update history. You’ll have to reboot and immediately hide updates.

Does the pending.xml file contain references to these drive updates?

*I have not tried PKCano’s less destructive method.

The suggestion here is to use Microsoft’s wushowhide app to hide updates you don’t want or need to keep at bay for a while.

cheers, Paul

We (at Woody’s) recommend WUShowHide from Microsoft along with metered connections. It allows you to hide updates you don’t want.

cheers, Paul

You must not have read AKB2000016. It specifically states that whatever you see in the Update queue is what you get. If you hide updates with wushowhide, and they still show in the queue, you have to CLEAR THE QUEUE before you proceed with the download, because “what you see is what you get.” The procedure to clear the queue is linked in AKB2000016.

Before next Patch Tuesday, you should go over the instructions so that won’t happen again.

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mpw

Now I am feeling stupid!

I put wushowhide on my desktop, clicked it open, clicked Advanced, unchecked the box to apply changes automatically, clicked Hide updates, and then checked the box for KB4497165.

Then I go to Windows Update and it still shows KB4497165 as “Pending download”

Am I doing something wrong?

Or will the KB4497165 update just sit there until I decide to download it?

Alex5723 wrote:

You can also use Microsoft’s wushowhide.digicab tool to hide updates indefinably.

But one catch-22 with using “wushowhide” and the “pause” updates, is that no updates will be available to hide while you have them paused.

I have a copy of Home (laptop) and a copy of Pro (desktop), both on version 1909. I noticed this issue on my Home version since I started using the enhanced pause options in Home.

I highly prefer the control of GPEdit on Pro.

Windows 10 Pro 22H2

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creem

creem wrote:

Given Woody’s “a few more months” advice, I need assistance on how to further pause updates

I would advice you to upgrade to Pro. GPEdit gives you more control over Windows 10 settings including Deferrals…
You can also use Microsoft’s wushowhide.digicab tool to hide updates indefinably.

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creem

My experience was similar to G’s above, except that I don’t pause or hide updates; I was simply offered that 2020-01 update after all the May cumulative updates had been downloaded and installed, and without “seeking” or clicking “check for updates.” I, too am now on build 836 of version 1909 on an HP Omen Intel core i7 7700 laptop with 8gB ram. I never refuse or delay 1909 updates, just download them and install them as they become available. For me, version 1909 has been 100% problem-free and totally stable and reliable, not a single complaint. I haven’t been offered version 2004 yet, and I probably won’t install it when offered until late this Fall, since 1909 is working so well for me, best version so far. However, I don’t play “games” on my laptop and don’t have Office installed either, and am not part of any server-based network. I only use it as a standalone pc for ordinary simple home computing.

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Great Lake Bunyip

Running Windows 10 Pro x64 Ver1909 current thru April on two DELL laptops.

My settings are: GUI Feature deferrals=365 Quality deferrals=0, GP WU=enabled value=2 (notify d/l install), no Pause, wushowhide

No WU notice yet about v2004. This is the only notice that I have at the moment:

After installation of Defender, this is the WU screen:

After Defender installation, this is the WU History:

After Defender installation, this is wushowhide > hide updates (apparently, it’s a bit slow on the uptake, since .330 has already been installed):

I understand this is a phased roll-out.  Maybe, I will be in a later phase.  (not that I want to install v2004 – just wondering if the machines are compatible).

Looks like having Feature Update deferrals set to non-zero may be part of the equation,

So, you have your Feature Update deferral set to 0??

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rc primak