Blocking the Windows 10 May 2020 update, version 2004, from installing [Update] ...
My prior post here earlier this month on this subject was accurate when posted here ... or so Woody and I thought. but Microsoft changed OUR game once again. What Microsoft once gave away, Microsoft subsequently tooketh away. Woody explains here:
Woody Leonhard
Woody on Windows
Computerworld | Jun 26, 2020 9:41 am PDT
computerworld.com
The company intentionally removed the “update deferral” options from the Win10 version 2004 Update Advanced options pane, ostensibly “to prevent confusion.” Riiiiight. But there’s good news: a newly documented Pro, Education and Enterprise Registry setting that circumvents the version deferral problems. And it appears to work in version 1803 onward.
At AskWoody, we’ve been lamenting the sporadic lack of update deferral settings in Win10 version 2004 for some months. At times, the disappearance of the “feature” (version) deferral and “quality: (cumulative update) deferral settings in Advanced Updates appeared to be a beta/Insider build glitch, a changing design tick, a regurgitated A/B test, or a remnant of an upgrade gone bad.
Now, we have official confirmation that the options in Windows Update’s Advanced Settings applet are gone for good. It’s easy to see, when you compare the Advanced Settings screens side-by-side. ...
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Bottom line (evidently) is Windows 10 Pro users can do a registry hack with the Group Policy Editor to defer v2004 but Home users aren't so fortunate.
Woody's 'Ask Woody' sidekick Patch Lady Susan Bradley rants about it and other Win10 idiosyncrasies and burps here | askwoody.com .
Such is Life in Win10 City. Just Saint Nadella's business as usual.
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