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When is a Reboot Not a Reboot?
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July 9, 2020 at 11:16 am #2278896
bsfinkel
AskWoody LoungerI saw a pop-up window this morning that I had to schedule a reboot, as MS had updated my Windows 10 machine from 1909 to 2004. (I know that I no longer have control over when MS installs patches.) So I scheduled a reboot for 11 PM tonight, knowing that I would reboot manually before then. So, I shut down all of my applications and rebooted. But that reboot did NOT install anything. I had to go to Windows Update and reboot from there for the updates to be installed. Why?
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July 9, 2020 at 11:30 am #2278899
PKCano
Da BossBecause you scheduled the time for the reboot/install to 11:00pm. What you did was just a regular reboot.
BTW, did you have Pause set and the time ran out? There seems to be a bug (or MS intention) to include the Feature Update with the monthly patches when Pause runs out.
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July 9, 2020 at 11:42 am #2278901
bsfinkel
AskWoody LoungerI believe I had a pause set. I know that the 2004 update would have been installed sometime, so I do not care when the update installs, as long as it causes no problems (which I cannot guarantee).
Is Windows 10 smart enough to know that I have installed the update and that I do not need a reboot at 11 PM tonight?
I noticed that the Windows Update log was cleared, so the only entry is the 2004 update.
If I install a monthly update and then do a regular reboot, will that install the monthly update(s) I have just installed? Or is Windows 10 reboot selective in what it installs? Note that I have been running Win 10 “in production” on my desktop for only about two weeks.
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July 9, 2020 at 11:49 am #2278902
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July 9, 2020 at 1:14 pm #2278939
bsfinkel
AskWoody LoungerI have not checked the update queue. Winver says I am running 10941.329. But I did get a pop-up window about scheduling a reboot. The update queue says that NS had auto-installed
2020-05 Cumulative Update for .NET Framework 3.5 and 4.8 for Windows 10 Version 2004 for x64 (KB4552925)
2020-06 Security Update for Adobe Flash Player for Windows 10 Version 2004 for x64-based Systems(KB4561600)
and those are pending a reboot.
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July 9, 2020 at 1:22 pm #2278943
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July 9, 2020 at 1:27 pm #2278946
Microfix
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July 10, 2020 at 7:07 am #2279094
Noel Carboni
AskWoody_MVPMicrofix, I seem to recall that a requested restart is always a real reboot, regardless of fast boot settings. It’s the shutdown / startup that’s affected by that setting. But that’s a bit off topic.
To the original poster: You’re saying Microsoft updated your system from v1909 to v2004 against your wishes? Are you sure you had your system set to defer feature updates? Specifically:
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July 19, 2020 at 9:00 am #2281690
bsfinkel
AskWoody LoungerI guess that I am the original poster. I have been running Win 10 in production for only a few weeks, and I have no idea what I had set for Windows Updates. I tried to postpone the monthly updates as long as possible until AskWoody was below DEFCOM-2. The only problem I have seen with 2004 is that after a reboot, my Samsung ML3312-ND printer is offline; I have to disconnect the USB cable and re-connect it to get the printer back online. Not a big problem, but the cable is a bit inaccessible. I will have to run a controlled test after my next reboot.
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