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Did you receive a Windows configuration update that demanded a reboot? I got it at the office where my patches are normally controlled and I’m not 100
[See the full post at: Got a Windows configuration update?]
Susan Bradley Patch Lady/Prudent patcher
The Windows Configuration Update you refer to was installed on one of our four laptops (which is Win 11 Home, updates paused) but not the other three (one of which is also Win 11 Home, updates paused):
The Windows Configuration Update was installed on a Dell XPS 9710 Win 11 Home 22H2 PC overnight Sept 15-16, 2023.
— Windows Update was paused until Sept 26, 2023.
— Under Update History it shows as an Other Update successfully installed. Clicking on Learn More brings up “May 24, 2023—Windows configuration update Windows 11 version 22H2, all editions”.
— “Get the latest updates as soon as they are available” is off.
— Now at: OS Build 22621.2134.
— Comment: Last night, just before the Windows Configuration Update was installed, Dell installed a BIOS update.
Windows Configuration Update did not happen on Lenovo L13 Yoga-Gen2 Win 11 Home (where updates are paused).
Windows Configuration Update did not happen on Lenovo L470 Win 10 Pro (where updates are not paused).
Windows Configuration Update did not happen on Lenovo E420 Win10 Home (where updates are paused).
Actually just got a prompt to reboot on the home Windows 11 22H2.
That is what greeted me this morning on two Win 11 22H2 (one Pro and one Home) computers.
Yeah, I got home from shopping and Windows Update, which I had paused until September 28th wanted me to reboot my computer or schedule a reboot. Yes, I installed Windows 11 and updated to 22H2 back at the end of July, when you gave the all clear. I hate when Microsoft does this crap. It seems like they design everything for engineers and early adopters, which is less than 15% of the PC market. I wasn’t planning on installing any kind of updates until you give the all clear to DEFCon 4 at the end of the month. I hate companies like Microsoft that seem to not care about their customers. I’m tired of having to relearn how to use my computers and how to set it up to what I need or want every few years. Apple sucks too. Their current version of OS is based on OS X, so you don’t have to relearn how to use your computer all the time, but a laptop or desktop PC equivalent to my multimedia computer [not a gaming system] that allows me to stay current and teach EFL online is 4 to 5 times more expensive from Apple, and their crap is made in the cheapest place on earth, China. Idiots keep pointing out the iPad but that’s a tablet, not a laptop or desktop replacement. We’re not allowed to teach using those, just like we can’t teach using Wi-Fi, we have to use Ethernet. . . .
Yes – two Windows 11 22H2 Pro machines updated overnight despite updates being blocked until 26 September…
🙁
Remember this on Windows Update page ?
*We will ask you to download updates, except when updates are required to keep Windows running smoothly. In that case, we’ll automatically download those updates (* and install :-))
That’s not the update being discussed here.
Servicing stack update is included with cumulative update every month.
I find this in the linked document (my bolding).
If you want to remove the LCU
To remove the LCU after installing the combined SSU and LCU package, use the DISM/Remove-Package command line option with the LCU package name as the argument. You can find the package name by using this command: DISM /online /get-packages.
Running Windows Update Standalone Installer (wusa.exe) with the /uninstall switch on the combined package will not work because the combined package contains the SSU. You cannot remove the SSU from the system after installation.
Susan,
Yes, this morning, Win 22H2 asked for a reboot for the “Configuration Update”. Like you, I felt it best to reboot. It took less than 1 min.
Looking at “Update History”, this update shows in “Other Updates”, as “Windows Configuration Update 9-16-2023” and in “Definition Updates” as MS Defender update.
It is strange that it doesn’t fall under the “Quality Updates” category.
The “Learn More” link opens the May 24, 2023 Configuration Update info, but there is no mention of yesterday’s update. The May 24 update seemed to be quite extensive. I wonder about this one. We should know soon.
I have a feeling that MS needed to get this out in a hurry for some security reason. Maybe I’m wrong there.
Richard
I have a feeling that MS needed to get this out in a hurry for some security reason. Maybe I’m wrong there.
You are right. There is a security update included. See the link I posted.
Thanks for confirming your update setting. I guess that despite their settings guidance, MS will apply an update any time they feel it is required.
Got it during the night also, all settings that allow something like this are turned off and I had my system set to pause date 10/3. I’ve paused the restart ahead a few days, because I wanted to come here to find out more. Not at all happy that Microsoft thinks it’s okay to do this in spite of settings in place. And if they HAD to do it, they could have notified people of what it was they were going to do.
Windows 11 Pro
Version 10.0.22621, Build 22621
Dell XPS 8950, 12th Gen Intel i7
Endora, I’ve noticed that when Microsoft wants you to restart your computer [like with a forced update or update that downloads and installs despite my pausing updates back on 09/07 until 09/25] and you don’t or delay it for too long, my system starts use a lot more memory and CPU and even Disk and slows down as if it’s suddenly dragging a very big, heavy weight that it wasn’t carrying before. This has held true when my computer was a desktop, desktop replacement, an HP, Lenovo, Compaq, and now an Acer with 20 GB RAM and i-7 processor. BTW, I don’t think I mentioned that my Windows 11 22H2 is the Home edition, as were my Windows 8, 8.1, and 10. Get the latest updates as soon as they’re available is OFF on my computer. My laptop is for multimedia [teaching ESL online], not gaming. This option is off because I don’t want updates downloading, installing, or especially RESTARTING in the middle of an online class. It’s annoying and expensive because I get fined for suddenly leaving the online classroom.
I checked and I don’t have that option.
This happened to me in the last couple of hours. ASUS simple PC running Win 11 Home 22H2. Updates were paused until 28 Sept. ‘Get updates as soon as’ was OFF.
I’m not a computer expert. I don’t like things happening without warning and I trust Susan’s DEFCON warnings. This update is like an authoritarian regime kicking down your door.
I was really concerned when I saw that Windows had rebooted overnight. I had left a duplicate file finder program running the night before and thought that it might have done something that had triggered a blue screen. When I couldn’t find any dump files, I was ever more concerned.
Thanks for letting me know that it was just Microsoft being it’s normal bullying self.
This configuration addition (added 9/16) explains the weirdness that happens when I mash PRT SCN. At least I can kill it in settings.
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