KB5007186 Windows 10 2004 19041.1348, 20H2 19042.1348, 21H1 19043.1348 Win Update

Thank you very much kado897 for your quick reply now I feel comfortable, but why don't I get Windows Defender updates as often as I had before?

Thank you very much again kado897, then I will wait to see if I will receive updates in the next few days.

IronZorg89 said:

Welcome to tenforums (TF)!.

I can see that you have tried most of the steps necessary to fix error 0x800f0988 except for the "Removal of additional Languages" explained in the following tut (Fix 3):

How to Fix Update Error 0x800f0988 on Windows 10

If the issue still persists, you can try to disable or uninstall your third-party A-V, if any. I would also disconnect all USB attached devices.

Next, you can go for a Repair Install aka In-place upgrade, after downloading the Build you are actually on right now from UUPDump.net and just follow the instructions from the aforementioned link for Repair Install in order to create the .ISO which you will have to mount and then double-click on the "Setup.exe" to start the repair.

Really hope this helps!

Cheers!

As per your guide, I'm doing an in-place upgrade by reinstalling 19044.1320. After that, I updated successfully to build .1348 using Windows Update. Thank you, it works! Sorry for the late reply, though

I was just offered 21H2, not a preview version, and it downloaded and installed very quickly.
Ak

My machine has a processor that is not Windows 11 compliant, AMD FX-8370 (8 threads, 4.3 GHz) and I plan to keep it for many years. After Windows 10 EOL in late 2025, perhaps non-Microsoft virus/worm/malware/ransomware protection is enough. Or, I can copy the data to NAS and install Linux on it, then copy the data back. At this late date, I have very few Windows-only applications that don't have Linux/Mac equivalents, and I've looked into WINE and find that those few are known to run under WINE, so, by 2025, this machine will have options that do not lose functionality.

My laptop in near end-of-life and I expect that its replacement will come with Windows 11. The problem with using a laptop as my main machine is that I've found out the hard way that if you run a laptop 24/7, which I will do with my main machine, the motherboard has a life of just a few years. But, on-demand booting for Windows access is OK with a SSD, which all my future computers will have for the system/boot disk.

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selden said:

I will try to answer some of your questions, to help you understand. As you've already been told, your computer is fine now.


21H1 and 21H2 are names for Windows 10 updates which tell when they were released.
21H1 means "this version of Windows 10 was released in 2021 (the 21 part), during the first half of the year (the H1 part)."
21H2 means "released in 2021, second half of the year (the H2 part)".
21H2 is the name of the newest update, which your computer is running now.
There will be another release of Windows 10 next year, in 2022. We do not yet know what it will be named.

Unfortunately, the CPU in a laptop is soldered to its motherboard and cannot be replaced. To upgrade to a compatible CPU you will have to buy another laptop. A used laptop made within the past two years would be compatible, for example. However, buying a used laptop can be risky since it might be broken.

Yes. Microsoft wants you to spend more money. You will just have to ignore it. Sorry.
I have the same message on my laptop.

Microsoft has said that updates for Windows 10 will be available until October, 2025. There is no need to upgrade to a new version of Windows until 2025.

Regarding "Microsoft wants you to spend...": I don't think that the Windows 11 compatibility issue is MBA-driven entirely. The problem, at least for my computers, is that hardware on-the-fly encryption appeared only in the AMD Ryzen and the last couple of Intel generations, and MS wants to use that in their OS security and browsers and such in Windows 11. Except for a glitch in some "optional preview" updates that disabled or crippled my older machines, but that I backed out of, Windows 10 is here for me for four more years, which is an eternity in the computer world. Right now, my main machine is awaiting a reboot into the 21H2 build.

selden said:

I will try to answer some of your questions, to help you understand. As you've already been told, your computer is fine now..

I can't expect better than this.
Without underestimating any other intervention that was very useful and reassuring to me in any case for some questions your help intervention is of exemplary clarity.
Thanks selden.

Kursem said:

As per your guide, I'm doing an in-place upgrade by reinstalling 19044.1320. After that, I updated successfully to build .1348 using Windows Update. Thank you, it works! Sorry for the late reply, though

You are most welcome. The most important thing is that you are back to normal.