Windows Update delay options are missing in my Windows 10 Pro laptop

f14tomcat · 02 Aug 2019

If helpful, here is the Reg file for the 2 registry entries to set to 0. Just un-zip (extract) it, and run it. Should restart afterward.

Defer_to_0.zip

devnull · 02 Aug 2019

Thank you, Bree, for the excellent summary of a workaround.
I'll mention that the value names listed in your post as "DeferFeaturesUpdatePeriodInDays" and "DeferQualtyUpdatePeriodInDays" are listed in my Registry as "DeferFeatureUpdatesPeriodInDays" and "DeferQualityUpdatesPeriodInDays", respectively.
I discovered this issue just today and have not done any research on it. Does anyone have any idea as to when this bug might actually be fixed? I don't like the idea of these "Defer..." settings not being shown, as it might be a source of confusion in the future if a user forgets that this bug exists and, after a glance at the "Advanced options" app, mistakenly thinks that his PC is up to date when it is not.

Bree · 02 Aug 2019

devnull said:

Thank you, Bree, for the excellent summary of a workaround....

Thank you. Typos now corrected in the original post.

Does anyone have any idea as to when this bug might actually be fixed?

MS still don't seem to have acknowledged that this bug exists

. If everyone reports this in the Feedback Hub then they may get round to fixing it.

devnull · 02 Aug 2019

Bree, Thanks, but you'll want to recheck your edited summary post---need to delete the "s" in "Features", and add the missing "i" in "Qualty" (the latter of which I missed myself the first time I read it). Thanks again!

Bree · 02 Aug 2019

done (I think)

AddRAM · 02 Aug 2019

This Feature is missing on both of my PC`s, very strange. And I always set my Defer to 365 days, so I thought it was removed in 1903, gonna try the mentioned fixes above before trying a Repair install, that may not even fix it. IMO

Wooo Hoooo, all Fixed

Now to fix the X299.

Thanks guys

Now to create a fresh image.

f14tomcat · 02 Aug 2019

AddRAM said:

This Feature is missing on both of my PC`s, very strange. And I always set my Defer to 365 days, so I thought it was removed in 1903, gonna try the mentioned fixes above before trying a Repair install, that may not even fix it. IMO

If you just take a peek at those two Reg keys, you should see your 365.

AddRAM · 02 Aug 2019

But for some reason it has disappeared from the Z170

I had to run the reg file again to bring in back again.

Bree · 02 Aug 2019

AddRAM said:

But for some reason it has disappeared from the Z170

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If you set a number of days for one (or both) of the defer options they will disappear again. Not immediately, but at the next check for updates (either by clicking 'check for updates' or at the next automatic check).

AddRAM · 02 Aug 2019

That`s odd, wonder why it`ll keep doing that

Others have it when they install W10, but yet not when I install W10.

Yep, it`s gone again.

But as long as I can see that Feature Updates are deferred for 365 days, I`ll have to live with that.