"Notify for download & Notify for install" missing - GPEDIT

Bree · 21 Dec 2018

Ten Forward said:

Hi, I have the same issue. Windows 10 Pro, group policy set to 2. I no longer get notifications that updates are available. I think this issue started as from the 1809 update.

No, that's just a coincidence. It also happens (or rather the notifications don't happen) in 1803. It must be caused by a patch in a cumulative update from around the same date, the same patch being in the updates for both 1809 and 1803.

Ten Forward · 25 Dec 2018

Over the holiday weekend, I visited my parents and they have a Surface with Win 10 Pro, same policy, same issue.

Is MS already aware of this issue? How best to report this?

Is it a good idea to use a different setting in the meantime?

Ten Forward · 08 Jan 2019

I recently changed the policy to "3 - Auto download and notify for install". That doesn't seem to be working either. I went to updates, it said no updates available. I clicked on check for updates, it showed 4 updates as pending for install, so it had already downloaded them. So, the downloading part is okay for the above policy, but notify is a no go. I'll set the policy to not configured now and see what happens next time...

Bree · 14 Jan 2019

@rebop and @Ten Forward,

Yoy may like to know that I have just had a notification to download, the update waiting to download was a Defender definitions update. This is the first such notification I have seen for a long time. This machine is now on Windows 10 Pro, 1803, 17134.523. The policy was set for "2. Notify for download and auto install".

"Notify for download & Notify for install" missing - GPEDIT-notify-download.png

Ten Forward · 13 Feb 2019

Unbelievable, but true... I just had a notification that updates were available for the first time in months!

So, policy setting 2 is working again, for now.

dalchina · 13 Feb 2019

Confirmed- on 1809 updating to 17763.316
Felt like old times... 13/2/19

Bree · 13 Feb 2019

Yes, I too now get notifications in 1809