Windows 10: Windows 10 20H2 being pushed to users with 1909 affected with the Conexant issue

20H2 is being pushed through Windows Update to systems affected with the Conexant driver compatibility issue. The problem with this update is that the install stops at 61%. I know that there is a workaround by uninstalling the Conexant driver in order move the install further but that is not a fix. Note that I cannot uninstall the driver through device manager because mmc.exe crashes every time I try to take any action; this only happens for this driver. Now I cannot use the Windows Update anymore without triggering the update.





How do I get rid of this issue?

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User.000 issue after updating to 1909

I'm one of the many people suffering from issues with user profiles after applying Update 1909 to Windows 10. I've read all the threads I can find on the topic here and have followed the suggestions, all to no avail. Any other thoughts are appreciated.

After applying Update 1909, the ProfileImagePath was changed to c:\users\User.000
One file that was always in use and couldn't be removed was left in c:\users\User (can't recall or find the exact file now), so I could never rename or remove the c:\user\User directory.

I followed the multiple suggestions from Brink and others:

• Rebooted at least 6 times
• Enabled hidden Administrator
• Booted into Safe Mode
• Changed ProfileImagePath
• Tried to rename c:\users\User but couldn't because a file was still in use
• Copied all data from c:\users\User.000 into c:\users\User
• Rebooted and had temporary profile
• Followed steps in Brink tutorial to change ImageProfilePath; rebooted with no change
• Restored using Restore Point from before Update 1909 - returned to single profile state (User.000)
• Removed each update that was installed individually and rebooted after each update removal - profile state never changed
• After all updates were removed, repeated the steps above with hidden Administrator, changing profile, etc. - same issue with file in use in c:\users\User
• Followed all steps above with hidden Administrator but without copying files from User.000 to User - same results

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated!

 

May 2004 Upgrade Conexant and Synapsis Driver issue resolution

Hi AguyNamedBob

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

Here is the page with the list of known problems with the 2004 update, Conexant is still on the list as 'Investigating' and if you check 20h2 (October Feature Update) on the left pane of that page, Conexant is still an issue they are looking into

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/releas...

 

Known and Resolved issues for Windows 10 version 20H2

One of them yes. It contains a single file that is not compatible as per the known issues in 2004 and 20H2. I've had the your machine not ready etc banner blocking the update in my WU since MS released 2004, so I'm perfectly aware I can't update and need to remain on 1909.

I think pigs will fly before HP release an a new audio driver for this computer (it's 4yrs old and doesn't receive driver update anymore from HP, and wasn't even on the HP list of machines tested for compatibility with 2004) and given that the issue has been marked as open since May 27th with MS (but reported to MS by insiders many months before this) - I'm thinking pigs might fly before MS/Synaptics release a fix either.

Just have to wait... The affected 2 in 1 is an outstanding wee machine and in spite of it's age, looks and performs as new. So I'll be gutted if 1909 is the last update I can do and support is withdrawn from MS in May 2021.