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Ira Grollman
Several systems became unable to update for 35 days. Most of them needed Cumulative Update Previews to 20H2. This is what I did to reset the deferrals and pauses.
After doing this, you should also regain the Windows Update Advanced options settings.
Note that the information shown using Control Panel -> All Control Panel Items -> System -> Computername, domain, and workgroups settings section WorkGroup: workgroup is correct. What you see by clicking Change Settings -> Network ID is a wizard, not the current state of your system!
If you are in a domain, see Configure Windows Update for Business (Windows 10) - Windows Deployment (Configure Windows Update for Business).
In services (services.msc), stop Windows Update. If using task manager -> services tab -> stop wuauserv.
Backup your registry entry for [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsUpdate\UpdatePolicy]
Delete any extra values under UpdatePolicy\PolicyState (6 remain) and UpdatePolicy\Settings (4 remain). This resets the deferrals and pauses. I do not know what the hex date "1d67b13e32d4c00", that is what I found on a working system to use when editing the registry directly.
Reboot your system; pauses and deferrals should be removed. It does not affect other "*Some settings are managed by your organization" settings if it is showing.
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsUpdate\UpdatePolicy]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsUpdate\UpdatePolicy\PolicyState]
"DeferQualityUpdates"=dword:00000000
"DeferFeatureUpdates"=dword:00000000
"BranchReadinessLevel"="CB"
"IsDeferralIsActive"=dword:00000000
"IsWUfBConfigured"=dword:00000000
"IsWUfBDualScanActive"=dword:00000000
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsUpdate\UpdatePolicy\Settings]
"PausedFeatureStatus"=dword:00000000
"PausedQualityStatus"=dword:00000000
"PausedQualityDate"=hex(b):00,4c,2d,e3,13,7b,d6,01
"PausedFeatureDate"=hex(b):00,4c,2d,e3,13,7b,d6,01
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After doing this, you should also regain the Windows Update Advanced options settings.
Note that the information shown using Control Panel -> All Control Panel Items -> System -> Computername, domain, and workgroups settings section WorkGroup: workgroup is correct. What you see by clicking Change Settings -> Network ID is a wizard, not the current state of your system!
If you are in a domain, see Configure Windows Update for Business (Windows 10) - Windows Deployment (Configure Windows Update for Business).
In services (services.msc), stop Windows Update. If using task manager -> services tab -> stop wuauserv.
Backup your registry entry for [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsUpdate\UpdatePolicy]
Delete any extra values under UpdatePolicy\PolicyState (6 remain) and UpdatePolicy\Settings (4 remain). This resets the deferrals and pauses. I do not know what the hex date "1d67b13e32d4c00", that is what I found on a working system to use when editing the registry directly.
Reboot your system; pauses and deferrals should be removed. It does not affect other "*Some settings are managed by your organization" settings if it is showing.
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsUpdate\UpdatePolicy]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsUpdate\UpdatePolicy\PolicyState]
"DeferQualityUpdates"=dword:00000000
"DeferFeatureUpdates"=dword:00000000
"BranchReadinessLevel"="CB"
"IsDeferralIsActive"=dword:00000000
"IsWUfBConfigured"=dword:00000000
"IsWUfBDualScanActive"=dword:00000000
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsUpdate\UpdatePolicy\Settings]
"PausedFeatureStatus"=dword:00000000
"PausedQualityStatus"=dword:00000000
"PausedQualityDate"=hex(b):00,4c,2d,e3,13,7b,d6,01
"PausedFeatureDate"=hex(b):00,4c,2d,e3,13,7b,d6,01
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