First reports of forced upgrades to Windows 10 version 2004

Jun 10, 2020 08:04 GMT  ·  By
Windows 10 version 1909 devices reportedly upgraded to version 2004 without consent
   Windows 10 version 1909 devices reportedly upgraded to version 2004 without consent

Windows 10 version 2004, or May 2020 Update, was released to the first wave of devices last month as part of a phased rollout which Microsoft uses to determine update reliability before pushing it to more computers.

So technically, users are required to manually check for updates in Windows Update, and if their devices are eligible for the upgrade, they are offered the new update to version 2004.

But there are now reports of forced upgrades on some devices, which means that Windows 10 May 2020 Update is automatically downloaded and installed on these computers without users manually checking for updates in Windows Update.

Woody Leonhard of AskWoody speculates that a bug might be the culprit this time, and it might all happen on devices where updates have already been paused. When the pause updates setting expired, Windows Update automatically performs a check for new updates, finds Windows 10 version 2004 and then proceeds with the download and installation of the update.

No word from Microsoft just yet

Microsoft is yet to offer some clarification on this, but this wouldn’t be the first time a new Windows version is installed without users specifically asking for it.

The whole thing started back when Windows 10 was still a new product and the OS was offered as a free upgrade to devices running Windows 7 and Windows 8.1. Using a Get Windows 10 app, the computer downloaded Windows 10 in the background without user consent and then restarted the system to install the new operating system.

At that point, Microsoft promised to refine the system and prevent forced upgrades from happening again in the future, so there is a chance that what’s happening today with the May 2020 Update is indeed just a bug that the company will probably correct sooner or later.

We have reached out to the company for some information on this and will update the article when and if we get an answer.