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Just got a notification in my tray that my system needs to reboot in
order to install an update. I went into Settings/Update & Security and see: _________________________________________________________________________ Restart required
Your device will restart outside of active hours.

2026-05 Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 22H2 for x64-based
Systems (KB5087544)
Status: Pending restart _________________________________________________________________________

Since I'm running W10 Pro ESU, this is a security update.

Information about KB5087544 is here:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/may-12-2026-kb5087544-os-builds-19045-7291-and-19044-7291-579dfaac-2664-45cc-9bd8-e6999fcc8836

and her:

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-releases-windows-10-kb5087544-extended-security-update/

If you're also running W10 ESU, you'll get this update as well.
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On 5/14/2026 8:31 PM, John C. wrote:

2026-05 Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 22H2 for x64-based
Systems (KB5087544)
Status: Pending restart
...
If you're also running W10 ESU, you'll get this update as well.

I disabled automatic update. So I needed to maually download it.
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On Thu, 14 May 2026 05:31:01 -0700, John C. wrote:

Just got a notification in my tray that my system needs to reboot in
order to install an update. I went into Settings/Update & Security and see: _________________________________________________________________________ Restart required
Your device will restart outside of active hours.

2026-05 Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 22H2 for x64-based
Systems (KB5087544)
Status: Pending restart _________________________________________________________________________

Since I'm running W10 Pro ESU, this is a security update.

Information about KB5087544 is here:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/may-12-2026-kb5087544-os-builds-19045-7291-and-19044-7291-579dfaac-2664-45cc-9bd8-e6999fcc8836

and her:

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-releases-windows-10-kb5087544-extended-security-update/

If you're also running W10 ESU, you'll get this update as well.

How to undo an update which brick Windows, anyway? In case I need to.

And is there a way to disable auto-update from within Windows' Recovery Environment? So that the problematic update won't be redownloaded and rescheduled to be applied again after booting to normal mode.
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JJ wrote on 5/14/2026 3:20 PM:

On Thu, 14 May 2026 05:31:01 -0700, John C. wrote:

Just got a notification in my tray that my system needs to reboot in
order to install an update. I went into Settings/Update & Security and see: >> _________________________________________________________________________
Restart required
Your device will restart outside of active hours.

2026-05 Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 22H2 for x64-based
Systems (KB5087544)
Status: Pending restart
_________________________________________________________________________

Since I'm running W10 Pro ESU, this is a security update.

Information about KB5087544 is here:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/may-12-2026-kb5087544-os-builds-19045-7291-and-19044-7291-579dfaac-2664-45cc-9bd8-e6999fcc8836

and her:

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-releases-windows-10-kb5087544-extended-security-update/

If you're also running W10 ESU, you'll get this update as well.

How to undo an update which brick Windows, anyway? In case I need to.

And is there a way to disable auto-update from within Windows' Recovery Environment? So that the problematic update won't be redownloaded and rescheduled to be applied again after booting to normal mode.

Consider asking at elevenforum.com. Many knowledgeable and helpful
folks are there.

I'm sure they can help much more than this dying usenet group.


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On 5/14/2026 3:20 PM, JJ wrote:

On Thu, 14 May 2026 05:31:01 -0700, John C. wrote:

Just got a notification in my tray that my system needs to reboot in
order to install an update. I went into Settings/Update & Security and see: >> _________________________________________________________________________
Restart required
Your device will restart outside of active hours.

2026-05 Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 22H2 for x64-based
Systems (KB5087544)
Status: Pending restart
_________________________________________________________________________

Since I'm running W10 Pro ESU, this is a security update.

Information about KB5087544 is here:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/may-12-2026-kb5087544-os-builds-19045-7291-and-19044-7291-579dfaac-2664-45cc-9bd8-e6999fcc8836

and her:

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-releases-windows-10-kb5087544-extended-security-update/

If you're also running W10 ESU, you'll get this update as well.

How to undo an update which brick Windows, anyway? In case I need to.

And is there a way to disable auto-update from within Windows' Recovery Environment? So that the problematic update won't be redownloaded and rescheduled to be applied again after booting to normal mode.

<https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/4043343/how-to-prevent-remove-a-specific-update-from-tryin>

You can also try the tool mentioned here

<https://community.spiceworks.com/t/how-do-i-prevent-a-specific-windows-update-from-installing/733185>
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On Thu, 5/14/2026 4:20 PM, JJ wrote:

On Thu, 14 May 2026 05:31:01 -0700, John C. wrote:

Just got a notification in my tray that my system needs to reboot in
order to install an update. I went into Settings/Update & Security and see: >> _________________________________________________________________________
Restart required
Your device will restart outside of active hours.

2026-05 Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 22H2 for x64-based
Systems (KB5087544)
Status: Pending restart
_________________________________________________________________________

Since I'm running W10 Pro ESU, this is a security update.

Information about KB5087544 is here:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/may-12-2026-kb5087544-os-builds-19045-7291-and-19044-7291-579dfaac-2664-45cc-9bd8-e6999fcc8836

and her:

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-releases-windows-10-kb5087544-extended-security-update/

If you're also running W10 ESU, you'll get this update as well.

How to undo an update which brick Windows, anyway? In case I need to.

And is there a way to disable auto-update from within Windows' Recovery Environment? So that the problematic update won't be redownloaded and rescheduled to be applied again after booting to normal mode.

When you disconnect the network cable, that reduces the incentive to be installing updates.

*******

wusa /uninstall /kb:4539601 /quiet # maybe that removes a completed Windows Update

For an in-flight update that is not booting, you can use your installer DVD (for the command prompt in troubleshooting), and use

DISM /image:c:\ /cleanup-image /revertpendingactions

For removal of a package while booted from the installer DVD (troubleshooting, cmd prompt),
the format of the command is similar to this.

DISM /image:c:\ /remove-package /packagename: etc. command.

which would require some work to determine a sufficient syntax.

*******

This is an old method, and since USO was added, USO likely has something
to say about disabling updates.

https://4sysops.com/archives/disable-windows-update-in-windows-10/

Windows 10 - disable Windows Update

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\Auto Update\AUOptions

If you set AUOptions to 1, Windows 10 will never check for updates.

Write-Host "1 -> Never check for updates (not recommended)"
Write-Host "2 -> Check for updates but let me choose whether to download and install them"
Write-Host "3 -> Download updates but let me choose whether to install them"
Write-Host "4 -> Install updates automatically (recommended)"

*******
# The scheduled tasks mentioned here, are likely running at system startup, early on.
# They could be the three command prompt windows that flash open and then disappear.

The script performs the following actions to disable automatic updates:

Disables the Windows Update Service (wuauserv).
Disables the Update Orchestrator Service (UsoSvc).
Disables the Windows Update Medic Service (WaaSMedicSvc).
Disables all update-related scheduled tasks.
Applies registry changes to prevent auto-updates.

The purpose of things such as the Scheduled Tasks, is to
undo the other conditions, if they are discovered.

*******
The problem with things like the following, is they do not
necessarily last forever.
*******

Using the Registry Editor

(Works on all editions, including Windows 11 Home)

Steps:

Press Win + R, type regedit, and hit Enter (you might need admin approval).

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows
WindowsUpdate
AU
NoAutoUpdate DWORD32 1

https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_auto,q_glossy,ret_img,w_833/https://naplestech.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/registry-noautoupdate.png

*******

Disable driver updates.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows
WindowsUpdate
ExcludeWUDriversInQualityUpdate DWORD32 1

Paul


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Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:

John C. wrote:

2026-05 Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 22H2 for x64-based
Systems (KB5087544)
Status: Pending restart
...
If you're also running W10 ESU, you'll get this update as well.

I disabled automatic update. So I needed to maually download it.

Disabling AU if you're on ESU is definitely a bad idea IMO. If you're
not on ESU, then I perfectly understand why you would do that.
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On 26/05/14 01:20 PM, JJ wrote:

On Thu, 14 May 2026 05:31:01 -0700, John C. wrote:

Just got a notification in my tray that my system needs to reboot in
order to install an update. I went into Settings/Update & Security and see: >> _________________________________________________________________________
Restart required
Your device will restart outside of active hours.

2026-05 Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 22H2 for x64-based
Systems (KB5087544)
Status: Pending restart
_________________________________________________________________________

Since I'm running W10 Pro ESU, this is a security update.

Information about KB5087544 is here:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/may-12-2026-kb5087544-os-builds-19045-7291-and-19044-7291-579dfaac-2664-45cc-9bd8-e6999fcc8836

and her:

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-releases-windows-10-kb5087544-extended-security-update/

If you're also running W10 ESU, you'll get this update as well.

How to undo an update which brick Windows, anyway? In case I need to.

And is there a way to disable auto-update from within Windows' Recovery Environment? So that the problematic update won't be redownloaded and rescheduled to be applied again after booting to normal mode.

Hopefully you have a Restore Point that was set before the update is
installed. Then you could go offline by turning off your cable modem
and-or router, boot into a Safe Mode and go back to that point before
the update was installed.

I had to do this recently and it saved me from all kinds of problems.
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On 2026/5/15 11:18:6, John C. wrote:

Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:

John C. wrote:

2026-05 Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 22H2 for x64-based
Systems (KB5087544)
Status: Pending restart
...
If you're also running W10 ESU, you'll get this update as well.

I disabled automatic update. So I needed to maually download it.

Disabling AU if you're on ESU is definitely a bad idea IMO. If you're
not on ESU, then I perfectly understand why you would do that.

I'm on ESU and I haven't disabled AU, but why would you say that is a
bad idea?
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Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> wrote:

On Thu, 5/14/2026 4:20 PM, JJ wrote:

[...]

How to undo an update which brick Windows, anyway? In case I need to.

And is there a way to disable auto-update from within Windows' Recovery Environment? So that the problematic update won't be redownloaded and rescheduled to be applied again after booting to normal mode.

When you disconnect the network cable, that reduces the incentive to be installing updates.

While this thread is about Windows 10, this might still apply:

Many systems, notably laptops, do not have network cables and often
cannot have them and often their Wi-Fi can not be turned off while
booting. So that leaves turning off the (modem/)router, which may or may
not be practical.

[Rest of useful advice deleted.]
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On 5/15/2026 6:18 PM, John C. wrote:

Disabling AU if you're on ESU is definitely a bad idea IMO. If you're
not on ESU, then I perfectly understand why you would do that.

I am on ESU and I believe turning off AU is not a bad idea at all. :)
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On 15/05/2026 16:48, Frank Slootweg wrote:

Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> wrote:

On Thu, 5/14/2026 4:20 PM, JJ wrote:

[...]

How to undo an update which brick Windows, anyway? In case I need to.

And is there a way to disable auto-update from within Windows' Recovery
Environment? So that the problematic update won't be redownloaded and
rescheduled to be applied again after booting to normal mode.

When you disconnect the network cable, that reduces the incentive to be
installing updates.

While this thread is about Windows 10, this might still apply:

Many systems, notably laptops, do not have network cables and often
cannot have them and often their Wi-Fi can not be turned off while
booting. So that leaves turning off the (modem/)router, which may or may
not be practical.

[Rest of useful advice deleted.]

Better solution: keep your WiFi connection permanently set to "metered connection" unless/until you want to let Windows do its updates.
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On Fri, 5/15/2026 11:48 AM, Frank Slootweg wrote:

Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> wrote:

On Thu, 5/14/2026 4:20 PM, JJ wrote:

[...]

How to undo an update which brick Windows, anyway? In case I need to.

And is there a way to disable auto-update from within Windows' Recovery
Environment? So that the problematic update won't be redownloaded and
rescheduled to be applied again after booting to normal mode.

When you disconnect the network cable, that reduces the incentive to be
installing updates.

While this thread is about Windows 10, this might still apply:

Many systems, notably laptops, do not have network cables and often
cannot have them and often their Wi-Fi can not be turned off while
booting. So that leaves turning off the (modem/)router, which may or may
not be practical.

[Rest of useful advice deleted.]

If you were at Michael Faradays house, this would not be a problem.

Just carry the laptop into your walk-in Faraday cage.

https://addpmp.slamjam.com/media/pages/posts/faraday-cage/2833558535-1642607069/faraday-cage-1920x.jpg

The Physics building, in the basement, had a few of these. Plain copper screen type.

At my house, there has never been a wireless router. The laptop
is always in Airplane Mode, and the laptop gets an Ethernet
cable like all the rest, when being used (on the kitchen table).
There's no room on my desk for the laptop. The Wifi LED on the
laptop, goes out when the OS has booted.

Any Wifi experiments here, between desktops, are done point-to-point
without a router. Which is... a lot slower. I did a Miracast that way.
The adapters are all unplugged at the moment, as are the Bluetooth (nano) adapters.
The Bluetooth ones are on USB cable extensions, for adjusting
line-of-sight reception. I had some problems initially with
transmission, because a Nano too close to a metal desktop, isn't
all that good. They work a little better if away from the
casing a bit.

Paul
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Paul wrote on 5/15/2026 3:59 PM:

On Fri, 5/15/2026 11:48 AM, Frank Slootweg wrote:

Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> wrote:

On Thu, 5/14/2026 4:20 PM, JJ wrote:

[...]

How to undo an update which brick Windows, anyway? In case I need to.

And is there a way to disable auto-update from within Windows' Recovery >>>> Environment? So that the problematic update won't be redownloaded and
rescheduled to be applied again after booting to normal mode.

When you disconnect the network cable, that reduces the incentive to be
installing updates.

While this thread is about Windows 10, this might still apply:

Many systems, notably laptops, do not have network cables and often
cannot have them and often their Wi-Fi can not be turned off while
booting. So that leaves turning off the (modem/)router, which may or may
not be practical.

[Rest of useful advice deleted.]

If you were at Michael Faradays house, this would not be a problem.

Just carry the laptop into your walk-in Faraday cage.

https://addpmp.slamjam.com/media/pages/posts/faraday-cage/2833558535-1642607069/faraday-cage-1920x.jpg

The Physics building, in the basement, had a few of these. Plain copper screen type.

At my house, there has never been a wireless router. The laptop
is always in Airplane Mode, and the laptop gets an Ethernet
cable like all the rest, when being used (on the kitchen table).
There's no room on my desk for the laptop. The Wifi LED on the
laptop, goes out when the OS has booted.

Any Wifi experiments here, between desktops, are done point-to-point
without a router. Which is... a lot slower. I did a Miracast that way.
The adapters are all unplugged at the moment, as are the Bluetooth (nano) adapters.
The Bluetooth ones are on USB cable extensions, for adjusting
line-of-sight reception. I had some problems initially with
transmission, because a Nano too close to a metal desktop, isn't
all that good. They work a little better if away from the
casing a bit.

Paul

I gave up on bluetooth long ago. It's just WAAY too half-assed to
depend on.

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On Fri, 5/15/2026 5:13 PM, Hank Rogers wrote:

Paul wrote on 5/15/2026 3:59 PM:

On Fri, 5/15/2026 11:48 AM, Frank Slootweg wrote:

Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> wrote:

On Thu, 5/14/2026 4:20 PM, JJ wrote:

[...]

How to undo an update which brick Windows, anyway? In case I need to. >>>>>
And is there a way to disable auto-update from within Windows' Recovery >>>>> Environment? So that the problematic update won't be redownloaded and >>>>> rescheduled to be applied again after booting to normal mode.

When you disconnect the network cable, that reduces the incentive to be >>>> installing updates.

-a-a While this thread is about Windows 10, this might still apply:
-a-a -a-a Many systems, notably laptops, do not have network cables and often
cannot have them and often their Wi-Fi can not be turned off while
booting. So that leaves turning off the (modem/)router, which may or may >>> not be practical.

[Rest of useful advice deleted.]

If you were at Michael Faradays house, this would not be a problem.

Just carry the laptop into your walk-in Faraday cage.

-a-a-a https://addpmp.slamjam.com/media/pages/posts/faraday-cage/2833558535-1642607069/faraday-cage-1920x.jpg

The Physics building, in the basement, had a few of these. Plain copper screen type.

At my house, there has never been a wireless router. The laptop
is always in Airplane Mode, and the laptop gets an Ethernet
cable like all the rest, when being used (on the kitchen table).
There's no room on my desk for the laptop. The Wifi LED on the
laptop, goes out when the OS has booted.

Any Wifi experiments here, between desktops, are done point-to-point
without a router. Which is... a lot slower. I did a Miracast that way.
The adapters are all unplugged at the moment, as are the Bluetooth (nano) adapters.
The Bluetooth ones are on USB cable extensions, for adjusting
line-of-sight reception. I had some problems initially with
transmission, because a Nano too close to a metal desktop, isn't
all that good. They work a little better if away from the
casing a bit.

-a-a-a Paul

I gave up on bluetooth long ago.-a It's just WAAY too half-assed to depend on.

What's cool now, is you can run a TCP/IP stack across Bluetooth.
I never thought I'd see the day where they finished that.
But it works now. 75KB/sec or so :-) One bit of minor amusement,
is Microsoft cannot seem to measure the bandwidth across it
properly, so some displays show 4X the rate of others. Maybe
they've fixed that by now.

On a remote machine then, you could web surf over Bluetooth, but
it would likely take an hour for a web page to load.

The setup of that profile, is not automatic or anything.
You'll have to think about it for a moment, to figure out
which control panel exposes it for you.

I don't know what the "purpose" of Bluetooth is, but it is
certainly the source of lots of "Bar Bets" and demos. But
not practically useful. If I want audio, the sound is a
lot better if I use a copper wire.

Paul
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J. P. Gilliver wrote:

John C. wrote:

Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:

John C. wrote:

2026-05 Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 22H2 for x64-based
Systems (KB5087544)
Status: Pending restart
...
If you're also running W10 ESU, you'll get this update as well.

I disabled automatic update. So I needed to maually download it.

Disabling AU if you're on ESU is definitely a bad idea IMO. If you're
not on ESU, then I perfectly understand why you would do that.

I'm on ESU and I haven't disabled AU, but why would you say that is a
bad idea?

Since your device is enrolled in the paid Extended Security Updates
(ESU) program, updates must be downloaded and installed through the
automated Windows Update mechanism. If you turn off the update service,
your machine will remain vulnerable to new threats.
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Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:

John C. wrote:

Disabling AU if you're on ESU is definitely a bad idea IMO. If you're
not on ESU, then I perfectly understand why you would do that.

I am on ESU and I believe turning off AU is not a bad idea at all. :)

Since your device is enrolled in the paid Extended Security Updates
(ESU) program, updates must be downloaded and installed through the
automated Windows Update mechanism. If you turn off the update service,
your machine will remain vulnerable to new threats. Or am I missing
something? The whole point to the ESU program is to help keep W10 secure.
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JJ wrote:

John C. wrote:

Just got a notification in my tray that my system needs to reboot in
order to install an update. I went into Settings/Update & Security and see: >> _________________________________________________________________________
Restart required
Your device will restart outside of active hours.

2026-05 Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 22H2 for x64-based
Systems (KB5087544)
Status: Pending restart
_________________________________________________________________________

Since I'm running W10 Pro ESU, this is a security update.

Information about KB5087544 is here:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/may-12-2026-kb5087544-os-builds-19045-7291-and-19044-7291-579dfaac-2664-45cc-9bd8-e6999fcc8836

and her:

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-releases-windows-10-kb5087544-extended-security-update/

If you're also running W10 ESU, you'll get this update as well.

How to undo an update which brick Windows, anyway? In case I need to.

And is there a way to disable auto-update from within Windows' Recovery Environment? So that the problematic update won't be redownloaded and rescheduled to be applied again after booting to normal mode.

Conversation I just had with Gemini (and I actually have used this tool
- it works):

I asked:
In W10, what is the best way to prevent a problematic update from
being installed? That is, once you've dealt with the issues and also
removed the update, how can you prevent it from being reinstalled?

Gemini replied:
Once yourCOve successfully removed a problematic update from Windows
10, the OS will immediately want to download and reinstall it the next
time it checks for updates. Because Windows 10 Home and Pro don't allow
you to simply "uncheck" an update from a list like older versions of
Windows did, you have to use a specific workaround.
The Best Graphical Way (Microsoft's "Show or Hide Updates" Tool) -
Microsoft created a standalone, official troubleshooting tool called wushowhide.diagcab. It works by scanning for pending updates and
allowing you to "hide" the one causing issues so Windows Update ignores it.

To use it:

Step 1: Pause Windows Update (Crucial) - Before running the tool, you
need to make sure Windows doesn't sneakily reinstall the update while
you are trying to block it.
a. Go to Settings > Update & Security > Windows Update.
b. Click Pause updates for 7 days.

Step 2: Run the Tool
a. Download the tool directly from Microsoft's servers: https://download.microsoft.com/download/f/2/2/f22d5fdb-59cd-4275-8c95-1be17bf70b21/wushowhide.diagcab
b. Open the file and click Next.
c. Click Hide updates.

The tool will display a list of pending updates. Find the specific
update or driver (look for its KB number) that you just uninstalled,
check the box next to it, and click Next.

d. Close the tool.

Step 3: Resume Updates - Go back to your Windows Update settings and
click Resume updates. The troublesome update will now be completely
bypassed.

Note: If you ever want to install that update in the future (perhaps
after Microsoft releases a fix), just run the tool again, choose Show
hidden updates, and uncheck it.
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On Sat, 5/16/2026 2:04 AM, John C. wrote:

JJ wrote:

John C. wrote:

Just got a notification in my tray that my system needs to reboot in
order to install an update. I went into Settings/Update & Security and see: >>> _________________________________________________________________________ >>> Restart required
Your device will restart outside of active hours.

2026-05 Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 22H2 for x64-based
Systems (KB5087544)
Status: Pending restart
_________________________________________________________________________ >>>
Since I'm running W10 Pro ESU, this is a security update.

Information about KB5087544 is here:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/may-12-2026-kb5087544-os-builds-19045-7291-and-19044-7291-579dfaac-2664-45cc-9bd8-e6999fcc8836

and her:

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-releases-windows-10-kb5087544-extended-security-update/

If you're also running W10 ESU, you'll get this update as well.

How to undo an update which brick Windows, anyway? In case I need to.

And is there a way to disable auto-update from within Windows' Recovery
Environment? So that the problematic update won't be redownloaded and
rescheduled to be applied again after booting to normal mode.

Conversation I just had with Gemini (and I actually have used this tool
- it works):

I asked:
In W10, what is the best way to prevent a problematic update from
being installed? That is, once you've dealt with the issues and also
removed the update, how can you prevent it from being reinstalled?

Gemini replied:
Once yourCOve successfully removed a problematic update from Windows
10, the OS will immediately want to download and reinstall it the next
time it checks for updates. Because Windows 10 Home and Pro don't allow
you to simply "uncheck" an update from a list like older versions of
Windows did, you have to use a specific workaround.
The Best Graphical Way (Microsoft's "Show or Hide Updates" Tool) - Microsoft created a standalone, official troubleshooting tool called wushowhide.diagcab. It works by scanning for pending updates and
allowing you to "hide" the one causing issues so Windows Update ignores it.

To use it:

Step 1: Pause Windows Update (Crucial) - Before running the tool, you
need to make sure Windows doesn't sneakily reinstall the update while
you are trying to block it.
a. Go to Settings > Update & Security > Windows Update.
b. Click Pause updates for 7 days.

Step 2: Run the Tool
a. Download the tool directly from Microsoft's servers: https://download.microsoft.com/download/f/2/2/f22d5fdb-59cd-4275-8c95-1be17bf70b21/wushowhide.diagcab
b. Open the file and click Next.
c. Click Hide updates.

The tool will display a list of pending updates. Find the specific
update or driver (look for its KB number) that you just uninstalled,
check the box next to it, and click Next.

d. Close the tool.

Step 3: Resume Updates - Go back to your Windows Update settings and
click Resume updates. The troublesome update will now be completely
bypassed.

Note: If you ever want to install that update in the future (perhaps
after Microsoft releases a fix), just run the tool again, choose Show
hidden updates, and uncheck it.

As I understand it (could be wrong):

Updates have version numbers, the versions are hidden, the
wushowhide is only going to block one version.

KB890830 Version 51
KB890830 Version 52

You would want to block one of the recurring ones, and see if
they keep coming in.

Looking in your History on the WU page of "Settings", should give
you some Recurring candidates for test.

Another example of a tool. But these things come and go, as the OS
already has attempts at multiple levels of protection for Windows Update.
I haven't tested this, and do not know what side effects it might cause.

https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/windows_update_minitool.html

Paul
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On 16/05/2026 06:44, John C. wrote:

Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:

John C. wrote:

Disabling AU if you're on ESU is definitely a bad idea IMO. If you're
not on ESU, then I perfectly understand why you would do that.

I am on ESU and I believe turning off AU is not a bad idea at all. :)

Since your device is enrolled in the paid Extended Security Updates
(ESU) program, updates must be downloaded and installed through the
automated Windows Update mechanism. If you turn off the update service,
your machine will remain vulnerable to new threats. Or am I missing something? The whole point to the ESU program is to help keep W10 secure.

Multiple versions of the KB5087544 update are available to download from
the Microsoft Update Catalogue. https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=KB5087544
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On Sat, 5/16/2026 4:43 AM, MikeS wrote:

On 16/05/2026 06:44, John C. wrote:

Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:

John C. wrote:

Disabling AU if you're on ESU is definitely a bad idea IMO. If you're
not on ESU, then I perfectly understand why you would do that.

I am on ESU and I believe turning off AU is not a bad idea at all. :)

Since your device is enrolled in the paid Extended Security Updates
(ESU) program, updates must be downloaded and installed through the
automated Windows Update mechanism. If you turn off the update service,
your machine will remain vulnerable to new threats. Or am I missing
something? The whole point to the ESU program is to help keep W10 secure.

Multiple versions of the KB5087544 update are available to download from the Microsoft Update Catalogue.
https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=KB5087544

It's Secure Boot materials, so could be related to PCA2011 and PCA2023.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/may-12-2026-kb5087544-os-builds-19045-7291-and-19044-7291-579dfaac-2664-45cc-9bd8-e6999fcc8836

If your machine is Secure Booted, then it could eventually stop if
the maintenance activity for it isn't finished.

Things like this, try to run on my 4th gen (4930K) Test Machine with
no TPM, attestation only for version 1 of a TPM, so there is
likely a place for MOK, DB, DBX... storage in the UEFI BIOS.
Attempting to do such maintenance on the machine, is on the
off-chance, a miracle happens, a TPM 2.0 is connected (BIOS
does not support it), Attestation for version 2 of TPM is available
(BIOS does not support it), so all this fuss is for nothing really.
The machine has neither TPM nor fTPM nor NVMe nor NVMe driver in UEFI.
It's an old machine, with a lot of PCIe lanes (42 or so), and
eight sticks of RAM (quad channel).

The PCA2011 can be removed or it can expire based on the end-date
of the certificate. This might be part of "Black Lotus"?

If I were to run Ubuntu on the Test Machine, it would pick
at a scab in the certificates as well. And just seeing various
notifications right after Ubuntu boot, annoys the hell out of me. I DO NOT
like OSes fucking with that stuff, as my greatest fear is they
brick a machine with all that enthusiasm they've got. This is one
reason regular usage of Ubuntu is not allowed here. It used to
try to run MOKutil at boot, tell you it was updating one thing...
when in fact it was updating or doing two things.

Paul
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On 2026/5/16 6:42:34, John C. wrote:

J. P. Gilliver wrote:

John C. wrote:

Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:

John C. wrote:

2026-05 Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 22H2 for x64-based>>>>> Systems (KB5087544)
Status: Pending restart
...
If you're also running W10 ESU, you'll get this update as well.

I disabled automatic update. So I needed to maually download it.

Disabling AU if you're on ESU is definitely a bad idea IMO. If you're>>> not on ESU, then I perfectly understand why you would do that.

I'm on ESU and I haven't disabled AU, but why would you say that is a
bad idea?

Since your device is enrolled in the paid Extended Security Updates
(ESU) program, updates must be downloaded and installed through the
automated Windows Update mechanism. If you turn off the update service,> your machine will remain vulnerable to new threats.

I'm not paying anything. I joined ESU using the method mentioned here
(though I believe shortly after I did, it was made widely available anyway).
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On Sat, 5/16/2026 10:18 AM, J. P. Gilliver wrote:

On 2026/5/16 6:42:34, John C. wrote:

J. P. Gilliver wrote:

John C. wrote:

Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:

John C. wrote:

2026-05 Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 22H2 for x64-based >>>>>> Systems (KB5087544)
Status: Pending restart
...
If you're also running W10 ESU, you'll get this update as well.

I disabled automatic update. So I needed to maually download it.

Disabling AU if you're on ESU is definitely a bad idea IMO. If you're
not on ESU, then I perfectly understand why you would do that.

I'm on ESU and I haven't disabled AU, but why would you say that is a
bad idea?

Since your device is enrolled in the paid Extended Security Updates
(ESU) program, updates must be downloaded and installed through the
automated Windows Update mechanism. If you turn off the update service,
your machine will remain vulnerable to new threats.

I'm not paying anything. I joined ESU using the method mentioned here
(though I believe shortly after I did, it was made widely available anyway).

No, it's not widely available. After you did yours, Microsoft may have
plugged or partially plugged the hole :-)

Where it may have been "widely available", was in the EU :-)
There was some deal in the news about it. My reception filters
are custom tuned to ignore regional foolishness. If California
wants me to type in extra personal information so I can use
any software here at all, then fuck them. I'm not interested
in disgorging the political policies of Togo here on a daily basis,
or "other backwaters" for that matter. Are we to be ruled by
eccentrics who haven't thought things through ? And you know
what the answer to *that* is.

Paul


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MikeS <MikeS@fred.com> wrote:

On 15/05/2026 16:48, Frank Slootweg wrote:

Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> wrote:

On Thu, 5/14/2026 4:20 PM, JJ wrote:

[...]

How to undo an update which brick Windows, anyway? In case I need to.

And is there a way to disable auto-update from within Windows' Recovery >>> Environment? So that the problematic update won't be redownloaded and
rescheduled to be applied again after booting to normal mode.

When you disconnect the network cable, that reduces the incentive to be
installing updates.

While this thread is about Windows 10, this might still apply:

Many systems, notably laptops, do not have network cables and often cannot have them and often their Wi-Fi can not be turned off while
booting. So that leaves turning off the (modem/)router, which may or may not be practical.

[Rest of useful advice deleted.]

Better solution: keep your WiFi connection permanently set to "metered connection" unless/until you want to let Windows do its updates.

Yes, I did that on our extended holidays (upto three months at a
time), when I didn't want to waste expensive mobile data on Windows
updates (and didn't want to be bothered by them). I also set the
bandwidth setting to their minimum value and paused the updates. That
shut them up! :-)
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Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> wrote:

Paul wrote on 5/15/2026 3:59 PM:

[...]

At my house, there has never been a wireless router. The laptop
is always in Airplane Mode, and the laptop gets an Ethernet
cable like all the rest, when being used (on the kitchen table).
There's no room on my desk for the laptop. The Wifi LED on the
laptop, goes out when the OS has booted.

Any Wifi experiments here, between desktops, are done point-to-point without a router. Which is... a lot slower. I did a Miracast that way.
The adapters are all unplugged at the moment, as are the Bluetooth (nano) adapters.
The Bluetooth ones are on USB cable extensions, for adjusting
line-of-sight reception. I had some problems initially with
transmission, because a Nano too close to a metal desktop, isn't
all that good. They work a little better if away from the
casing a bit.

I gave up on bluetooth long ago. It's just WAAY too half-assed to
depend on.

Indeed, especially if one or both sides do not have a display/keyboard
to allow/setup the connection. Example: A headset and a Bluetooth
transmitter. The headphone often connects to another, unwanted, source,
because it just happens to see that earlier/closer/<whatever>. :-( Sigh!

The only positive example/use I have is a 'nearby share' between
computer and smartphone and between smartphones.

I use Samsung's/Google's 'QuickShare' between my Windows laptop and my Android smartphone and between our (my and my wife's) smartphones to
quickly share files/folders. So no need to use an USB cable. (Between
our computers, I just use Windows file sharing.)

I believe QuickShare only uses Bluetooth to find the other nearby
device and then uses the normal network (Wi-Fi/mobile) to do the actual transfer. For me, it is just one of these few 'It just works!'
facilities.
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On Sat, 5/16/2026 2:38 PM, Frank Slootweg wrote:

Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> wrote:

Paul wrote on 5/15/2026 3:59 PM:

[...]

At my house, there has never been a wireless router. The laptop
is always in Airplane Mode, and the laptop gets an Ethernet
cable like all the rest, when being used (on the kitchen table).
There's no room on my desk for the laptop. The Wifi LED on the
laptop, goes out when the OS has booted.

Any Wifi experiments here, between desktops, are done point-to-point
without a router. Which is... a lot slower. I did a Miracast that way.
The adapters are all unplugged at the moment, as are the Bluetooth (nano) adapters.
The Bluetooth ones are on USB cable extensions, for adjusting
line-of-sight reception. I had some problems initially with
transmission, because a Nano too close to a metal desktop, isn't
all that good. They work a little better if away from the
casing a bit.

I gave up on bluetooth long ago. It's just WAAY too half-assed to
depend on.

Indeed, especially if one or both sides do not have a display/keyboard
to allow/setup the connection. Example: A headset and a Bluetooth transmitter. The headphone often connects to another, unwanted, source, because it just happens to see that earlier/closer/<whatever>. :-( Sigh!

The only positive example/use I have is a 'nearby share' between
computer and smartphone and between smartphones.

I use Samsung's/Google's 'QuickShare' between my Windows laptop and my Android smartphone and between our (my and my wife's) smartphones to
quickly share files/folders. So no need to use an USB cable. (Between
our computers, I just use Windows file sharing.)

I believe QuickShare only uses Bluetooth to find the other nearby
device and then uses the normal network (Wi-Fi/mobile) to do the actual transfer. For me, it is just one of these few 'It just works!'
facilities.

I nominate you Bluetooth Ambassador for the group :-)

CoPilot says:

"No. Windows does not include Samsung Quick Share or Google Quick Share as native OS features.

They are provided as separate apps:

Samsung Quick Share for Windows (from Microsoft Store).
Supported on Windows 10 version 2004+ and Windows 11.

Google Quick Share for Windows (downloaded from Google)
Works on Windows 10 and Windows 11.

https://support.google.com/android/answer/13801258

Both rely on Bluetooth + WirCaFi Direct for discovery and transfer."

Which suggests it doesn't go through your Wifi router and
may use the slower Wifi transfer method (which is a lot faster
than Bluetooth in any case).

The Windows motto is:

"It works... if you spend all morning on it"

If you are not a lather of sweat from the effort,
then "you haven't earned it".

It would be interesting to see if you could do this.

-------- Bluetooth -------
+------- Wifi-Direct ------+
| |
x86-PC x86-PC
W10 W10
Goog-QS Goog-QS

Paul

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On Sat, 5/16/2026 2:38 PM, Frank Slootweg wrote:

Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> wrote:

Paul wrote on 5/15/2026 3:59 PM:

[...]

At my house, there has never been a wireless router. The laptop
is always in Airplane Mode, and the laptop gets an Ethernet
cable like all the rest, when being used (on the kitchen table).
There's no room on my desk for the laptop. The Wifi LED on the
laptop, goes out when the OS has booted.

Any Wifi experiments here, between desktops, are done point-to-point
without a router. Which is... a lot slower. I did a Miracast that way.
The adapters are all unplugged at the moment, as are the Bluetooth (nano) adapters.
The Bluetooth ones are on USB cable extensions, for adjusting
line-of-sight reception. I had some problems initially with
transmission, because a Nano too close to a metal desktop, isn't
all that good. They work a little better if away from the
casing a bit.

I gave up on bluetooth long ago. It's just WAAY too half-assed to
depend on.

Indeed, especially if one or both sides do not have a display/keyboard
to allow/setup the connection. Example: A headset and a Bluetooth transmitter. The headphone often connects to another, unwanted, source, because it just happens to see that earlier/closer/<whatever>. :-( Sigh!

The only positive example/use I have is a 'nearby share' between
computer and smartphone and between smartphones.

I use Samsung's/Google's 'QuickShare' between my Windows laptop and my Android smartphone and between our (my and my wife's) smartphones to
quickly share files/folders. So no need to use an USB cable. (Between
our computers, I just use Windows file sharing.)

I believe QuickShare only uses Bluetooth to find the other nearby
device and then uses the normal network (Wi-Fi/mobile) to do the actual transfer. For me, it is just one of these few 'It just works!'
facilities.

There is also a

Settings : System : Nearby Sharing

which I haven't used.

There is bound to be a catch in there, somewhere.

Paul
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Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> wrote:

On Sat, 5/16/2026 2:38 PM, Frank Slootweg wrote:

Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> wrote:

[...]

I gave up on bluetooth long ago. It's just WAAY too half-assed to
depend on.

Indeed, especially if one or both sides do not have a display/keyboard
to allow/setup the connection. Example: A headset and a Bluetooth transmitter. The headphone often connects to another, unwanted, source, because it just happens to see that earlier/closer/<whatever>. :-( Sigh!

The only positive example/use I have is a 'nearby share' between
computer and smartphone and between smartphones.

I use Samsung's/Google's 'QuickShare' between my Windows laptop and my Android smartphone and between our (my and my wife's) smartphones to quickly share files/folders. So no need to use an USB cable. (Between
our computers, I just use Windows file sharing.)

I believe QuickShare only uses Bluetooth to find the other nearby
device and then uses the normal network (Wi-Fi/mobile) to do the actual transfer. For me, it is just one of these few 'It just works!'
facilities.

I nominate you Bluetooth Ambassador for the group :-)

Well, I'm quite slow as well, so that Ambassadorship is quite fitting!

CoPilot says:

"No. Windows does not include Samsung Quick Share or Google Quick Share as native OS features.

They are provided as separate apps:

Samsung Quick Share for Windows (from Microsoft Store).
Supported on Windows 10 version 2004+ and Windows 11.

Google Quick Share for Windows (downloaded from Google)
Works on Windows 10 and Windows 11.

https://support.google.com/android/answer/13801258

Both rely on Bluetooth + Wi?Fi Direct for discovery and transfer."

Which suggests it doesn't go through your Wifi router and
may use the slower Wifi transfer method (which is a lot faster
than Bluetooth in any case).

I think CoPilot is hallucinating or at least not telling the full
picture, because the Help of the Windows Quick Share program says

"Connect to the same Wi-Fi

Make sure that your computer and the device that you want
to share with are connected to the same Wi-Fi network"

which implies that at least for a computer<-->smartphone connection, it
is *not* using Wi-Fi Direct.

The Windows motto is:

"It works... if you spend all morning on it"

If you are not a lather of sweat from the effort,
then "you haven't earned it".

The story of my life since the November Windows Update updates! :-(

It would be interesting to see if you could do this.

-------- Bluetooth -------
+------- Wifi-Direct ------+
| |
x86-PC x86-PC
W10 W10
Goog-QS Goog-QS

If I have the time, I will try, but don't hold your breath.

I think it is *not* possible, because the Settings of the Windows
Quick Share program says

"Device visibility

Only devices nearby that are signed into <my Google account> can share
with this device."

but another Windows computer is not signed into a *Google* account, but
only into a local account or a Microsoft Account. (Of course the
(Google) Chrome *browser* can be sinned into a Google account, but
that's a/the browser, not the OS/system.)
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Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> wrote:

On Sat, 5/16/2026 2:38 PM, Frank Slootweg wrote:

[About 'Quick Share' on Windows and Android.]

There is also a

Settings : System : Nearby Sharing

which I haven't used.

There is bound to be a catch in there, somewhere.

That's Windows <--> Windows. I've never used it either, but the 'How
to improve nearly sharing speed' link on that screen (at least on
Windows 11) points to a troubleshooting page, which in turn points to
this page which describes what 'Nearby sharing' is and how to use it:

'Share things with nearby devices in Windows' <https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/share-things-with-nearby-devices-in-windows-0efbfe40-e3e2-581b-13f4-1a0e9936c2d9>

The page explains that 'Nearby sharing' can use Wi-Fi *or* Bluetooth,
but as this Bluetooth Ambassador denies having more than one Windows
computer, it's over to the Bluetooth Ambassador in Central Canada. But
of course posters from South, West and North Canada can chip in.
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On Sun, 5/17/2026 2:19 PM, Frank Slootweg wrote:

Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> wrote:

On Sat, 5/16/2026 2:38 PM, Frank Slootweg wrote:

[About 'Quick Share' on Windows and Android.]

There is also a

Settings : System : Nearby Sharing

which I haven't used.

There is bound to be a catch in there, somewhere.

That's Windows <--> Windows. I've never used it either, but the 'How
to improve nearly sharing speed' link on that screen (at least on
Windows 11) points to a troubleshooting page, which in turn points to
this page which describes what 'Nearby sharing' is and how to use it:

'Share things with nearby devices in Windows' <https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/share-things-with-nearby-devices-in-windows-0efbfe40-e3e2-581b-13f4-1a0e9936c2d9>

The page explains that 'Nearby sharing' can use Wi-Fi *or* Bluetooth,
but as this Bluetooth Ambassador denies having more than one Windows computer, it's over to the Bluetooth Ambassador in Central Canada. But
of course posters from South, West and North Canada can chip in.

You can dig up two Bluetooth adapters, make sure the second
one is different-enough that you can spot it in VirtualBox,
then use VirtualBox USB Passthrough for the second Bluetooth Nano adapter :-)

Now, you can do Bluetooth transfer tests, on a single machine,
between the Host and a VM. The Host runs one Bluetooth adapter, the
Guest runs the other.

You need enough RAM, to run both OSes at the same time (whatever
the OSes happen to be). Which isn't all that much.

Things like this were more fun, when RAM was cheap. That's why I
stocked up, but the RAM isn't all that fast, as these things go.

Paul
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On 5/16/2026 1:44 PM, John C. wrote:

Since your device is enrolled in the paid Extended Security Updates
(ESU) program, updates must be downloaded and installed through the
automated Windows Update mechanism. If you turn off the update service,
your machine will remain vulnerable to new threats. Or am I missing something? The whole point to the ESU program is to help keep W10 secure.

This "principle" thing applies to all software of anyone, not just my
Win 10 ESU. :)

I think my personal Win 10 is not in a danger zone, unless daemons
suddenly noticed me. :)
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