Windows Update’s bifurcated mess

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Now we know why this week’s Preview patches behave so strangely. Details coming in Computerworld Woody on Windows. Thx, @abbodi86!
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This scenario does bring to mind the old GWX click-on-red-to-install disaster.

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There’s no record of when that change was made.

Bottom line says, “Last Updated: Jul 22, 2020”.

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You’re right. The KB article was originally posted on July 21, and updated on July 22.

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[Alex5723]

” …and Chromium-based Edge updates are now handled by the new, polite “Download and install” Windows Update program.”

I don’t think ChrEdge updates has anything to do with “Download and Install”. ChrEdge has its own update mechanism (following Chrome releases).

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I’m still waiting to see – and relying on y’all to tell me if you see something.

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I ment the First Time Installer update KB4559309, it’s handled by UUP

although i don’t get it nowadays

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I’m on Win10 home 18363.959 and here is what I see.

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Is this machine in the Windows Insider Release Preview Ring?

Do you have the TargetReleaseVersionInfo registry key?

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woody wrote:

Do you have the TargetReleaseVersionInfo registry key?

I have the TargetReleaseVersionInfo key.

2020-07 Cumulative Update Preview for Windows 10 Version 1909 for x64-based Systems (KB4559004) is now hidden. (WUMgr)

I’m not an Insider.

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woody wrote:

Is this machine in the Windows Insider Release Preview Ring?

Do you have the TargetReleaseVersionInfo registry key?

I am not  an insider.

About the “TargetReleaseVersionInfo registry key”, I don’t know what this is.

 

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I just read the article about TargetReleaseVersionInfo registry key and I don’t

have this key. It is said that it work’s only on Pro, Enterprise, Education.

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See @abbodi86’s detailed explanation below.

I wonder how Microsoft could make this more complicated?

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Some observations about the “Optional Updates” section:

– only 1 optional update is allowed at a time, either feature update or preview CU

– specifying TargetReleaseVersion to the same OS version gives the preview CU as optional update (i also tested setting it to lower version, same result)

– specifying TargetReleaseVersion to higher OS version gives its feature update as normal update

– optional update section show up only if no other normal updates are pending in queue (at least i never got them together, i have to hide ir install normal updates first)

– deferring updates (feature or quality) eliminate the behavior of the section, and the updates (if/when detected) are handled normally (like security updates)

i tested deferring each to 1 day, with TargetReleaseVersion in play, but preview CU don’t show up at all
without TargetReleaseVersion, i get feature update

what’s funny is that on v1809, if you don’t set any deferrals you get v1909
if you set few days deferrals you get v2004

i did not test any “Pause Updates” scenarios, because it’s not easy to control
but based on Woody’s experience, i guess it works as pressing “Check for updates” button, and it respects Optional Updates section

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Saturday Night Dump just came via Windows Update:

2020-05 Microsoft Edge Update for Windows 10 Version 1909 for x64-based Systems (KB4559309)

And I need to reset TargetReleaseVersionInfo registry key to 1909 again.

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As follow-up:

online▸Win10Pro 1909.18363.959 x64 i3-3220 RAM8GB HDD Firefox79.0 Windows{Image/Defender/Firewall} is now offline.
2020-05 Microsoft Edge Update for Windows 10 Version 1909 for x64-based Systems (KB4559309) was offered and installed via Windows Update on this machine.

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offline▸Win10Pro 1909.18363.959 x64 i5-9400 RAM16GB HDD Firefox79.0 Windows{Image/Defender/Firewall}is now online.
2020-05 Microsoft Edge Update for Windows 10 Version 1909 for x64-based Systems (KB4559309) has not been offered via Windows Update on this machine.

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Not meant to be a silly question (I explain below), but are the Windows 10 1909 running different CPU’s or do you use VM’s?

Windows Defender seems different on every PC ranging from Windows 7 to Windows 10 (all Pro versions except for one Home version of Windows 10). One time I had 2 Windows 7 Pro OS’s but the CPU’s were different and Windows 7 seem to run different versions of Windows Defender. So is the same thing happening with Windows Update, differences because of different CPU hardware?

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[geekdom]

Different computers, different CPU.

The offline computer had hard drive failure, so it’s not possible to test what updates would come down the Windows Update pipe on that machine. I have no theories as to update availability.

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I’m setting up a brand new custom W10 Pro workstation for a brand new exec. I wiped the drive, installed the OS from an official 1909 ISO from a couple of months ago, personalized the desktop a bit, set a 21-day delay for quality updates (and a 180-day delay for feature updates), and clicked check for updates. Before I could react, I was informed that it was installing this .NET Preview along with the stuff I actually wanted:

2020-07 Cumulative Update Preview for .Net Framework 3.5 and 4.8 for Windows 10 Version 1909 for x64 (KB4562900)

Upon restart, it’s now running 1909 build 18363.959.

Note that the Preview I got was different than the one than KB4559004, the one that Woody saw. Mine was KB4592900.

That machine does not have either of the WindowsUpdate\TargetReleaseVersionInfo or the WindowsUpdate\TargetReleaseVersion registry values.

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That machine does not have either of the WindowsUpdate\TargetReleaseVersionInfo or the WindowsUpdate\TargetReleaseVersion registry values.

Those can be set in Group Policy under Windows Update for Business.
See #2276103

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Yes, thanks. The machine hasn’t been joined to the domain yet, and it will get that key when it is.

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RTEsysadmin wrote:

The machine hasn’t been joined to the domain yet

And it was able to download and install updates?! How was that possible?

cheers, Paul

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