Windows 10: Update W10 Pro From V.1809 to V.1903...

I have a relative that has a PC running W10 Pro v.1809 and he doesn't want to update to v.1909, but wants to update to v.1903 until v.1903 reaches EOL. V.1809 support ends on 05/12/2020 and v.1903 ends on 12/08/2020. I don't have his system specs. available, but I'm pretty sure it's an older HP tower. I've read the tutorials regarding creating a bootable USB drive, but am unable to get a v.1903 set of files. My initial counsel would be to wait until early May and have WU do an update to v.1909. Have I missed something? Thanks.

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V.1809 to V.1909?

Has anyone gone from v.1809 to v.1909 yet? The WU FU to 1903 failed (twice) on my system and I rolled back to 1809. WU says v.1903 is successfully installed along with a first failed v.1903 and it also shows (correctly) that v.1809 is installed. WINVR also shows v.1809 to be installed. WU is now showing the "Download and install now" link after this week's v.1809 CU update, but I'm wondering if the FU will be successful from v.1809?

 

Win10 v.1903

I tried to update from v.1809 to v.1903. The installation would get to about 50% and the computer would shut down. When I started it manually after several minutes, I got the message, "Undoing changes made to your computer."

I made an effort to start the computer with all services and apps not running, using msconfig settings - to no effect.

Any suggestions??? TIA

 

Failed Forced v.1903 Update...

The automatic forced update to v.1903 on my system failed during the night a couple of days ago. The v.1903 update took 11.5 hours to download/install and another hour to do the update. Then another hour to download and install two additional updates. No errors listed in update history, but the desktop, Firefox, and Windows Live Mail were completely trashed ( there were other apps possibly affected). All mail folders and all bookmarks were lost as well as the setups for each app. Restoring v.1809 from the windows.old folder. The restore to V.1809 went well and restored Firefox, Windows Live Mail, and the desktop to what they were before the v.1903 update. Update and Security panel now shows that there were two installs of v.1903 with the first failing with error code 0x802400d and the second automatically restarting and completing successfully. That hadn't been displayed before for some reason. The Update History panel shows three feature updates: the second 1903, the first failed 1903 and the old 1809 with the correct date (May 15, 2019). The About System panel shows v.1809 bld 17163.678 being installed. WU has done two autoupdate checks since the v.1903 debacle and states the system is up to date. Of course, the "Download and Install" link is now gone from the WU panel.

My questions concern WU doing an unrequested 1903 update someday, or will it think 1903 is installed and I will eventually have to download an ISO to update to v.1903? Or worse, will WU download and try to install CUs for 1903 on an 1809 system?