Windows 10: Some Feature Update 20H2 problems

A friend contacted me about some issues he's having after the 20H2 update.

• Windows Live Mail now asks for a password when it opens
• Not playing nice with Outlook and his Apple calendar...("we dont recognize the files")

I told him to restore a disk image (hopefully he did that before the update). But now wondering if there might be a relatively easy fix.

Also, if you uninstall the update, will that correct these kinds of problems, or would he just be spinning his wheels? (The option to Roll Back is greyed out in the 20H2 settings, probably because of the Enablement Package type install)

:)

 

Update History is not showing v.20H2

Hi Dominic

I am Dave, an Independent Advisor, I will help you with this . . .

This is normal behavior in Windows 10, typically when you install a Feature Update like 20h2, the update history is wiped, this is to prevent the user from trying to uninstall an update that was prior to the Feature Update, which would de-stabilize Windows
10, the list should start building again, when some updates are applied to version 20h2 . . .

 

Update 20h2

Hi Wicki,

I am Sumit, an Independent Advisor and a 3 year Windows Insider MVP here to help.

20H2 should not be installed right-away on your device - MS said the rollout is only to a fraction of users and would be labeled as an optional update initially. Are you enrolled in WIP?

You may uninstall 20H2 using the steps below:

https://www.yourwindowsguide.com/2020/10/uninst...

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20H2 update via update assistant not working for me

Hi Lamia,

I am Sumit, an Independent Advisor and a 3 year Windows Insider MVP here to help.

This is likely because you are using Windows 10 Pro for workstations. As you have the 2004 release, I suggest using the enablement package to download 20H2 which is smaller in size - see method 4 here:

https://www.yourwindowsguide.com/2020/10/featur...

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