{"id":14858,"date":"2020-06-25T13:47:04","date_gmt":"2020-06-25T11:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/159.69.82.204\/win\/?p=14858"},"modified":"2020-06-25T13:47:04","modified_gmt":"2020-06-25T11:47:04","slug":"windows-10-v2004-defer-feature-update-removed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/2020\/06\/25\/windows-10-v2004-defer-feature-update-removed\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows 10 V2004: Defer Feature Update removed"},"content":{"rendered":"

[German<\/a>]In the Windows 10 May 2020 Update (Version 2004), Microsoft removed the settings for delaying feature updates – officially, to avoid confusion. Here are a few details about that.<\/p>\n

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\"\"I saw it this morning on several websites: The option to delay feature updates by 365 days has been removed from the settings in Windows 10 Version 2004.  Martin Geu\u00df of German site Dr. Windows writes here<\/a> that hardly anyone noticed the issue. <\/p>\n

First hints about removed option<\/h2>\n

The topic popped up in my blog at the beginning of June 2020 in the margin. In the blog post Windows 10 Version 2004: Forced upgrade without user consent<\/a>. Quote:<\/p>\n

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Has MS removed option to defer feature updates for 365 days from Pro 2004? <\/p>\n

I have just clean installed Pro 2004 (new iso today) on a pc and the option to defer feature updates for 365 days is missing. <\/p>\n

Comparing registry with 1909, it is quite different and I have a suspicion you can now only defer feature updates on enterprise as the deferfeaturesupdate keyword has moved into a folder that seems only to apply for business users<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I wrote at the time: \"Something doesn't fit together anymore, front and back. Blog readers confirmed<\/a> in their comments that the options were gone. <\/p>\n

Microsoft's explanation for the panning shot<\/h2>\n

Via the above mentioned article by Martin Geu\u00df, I then went into the subject again. The missing option to postpone function updates by 365 days is not caused by a bug. Mary Foley (after reading the reader's notes) on ZD-Net addressed it in this article<\/a>. She found an explanation from Microsoft: In the article What's new in Windows 10, version 2004 for IT Pros<\/a>, which was updated on 24 June 2020, Microsoft has provided clarification for the first time. The following text passage can be found there:<\/p>\n

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Update less: Last year, we changed update installation policies<\/a> for Windows 10 to only target devices running a feature update version that is nearing end of service. As a result, many devices are only updating once a year. To enable all devices to make the most of this policy change, and to prevent confusion, we have removed deferrals from the Windows Update settings Advanced Options<\/strong> page starting on Windows 10, version 2004. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

A year ago, with a lot of fuss, they introduced a feature 'delay of feature updates up to 365 days' to remove it in the 2004 version. This is announced so well a few weeks after the release – in an article concerning business users. They will still be able to set the delays using Group Policy. Here is the explanation from the relevant document:<\/p>\n

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If you wish to continue leveraging deferrals, you can use local Group Policy (Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Update > Windows Update for Business > Select when Preview builds and Feature Updates are received<\/strong> or Select when Quality Updates are received<\/strong>).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

But the users of Windows 10 Home somehow look at the tube – because the delay caused by the link 'Download and install feature update xxx' does not always seem to work – as I mention in the following blog posts. Or how do you see that?<\/p>\n

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