Windows 10 22H2 Upgrade Worklet\Process

Bump. for previous versions I did the worklet to create a ‘Windows Preferred Version’ in the registry. I’m curious what Automox’s plan is for this...I changed the value to 22H2 in the worklet, but am not 100% if it applies the same.

I am also using this worklet to set the preferred version in the registry which is great. However, I am not seeing many hosts installing the update for 22H2.

Bearing the above in mins, i was wondering what other AX wizards where doing to push out 22H2 via AX.

This is a major pain point for us as well and we have found absolutely no success with getting Automox to upgrade our Windows deployments to 22H2 so we have reverted to sneakernet on these which is super frustrating.  For a patching platform I would have hoped that we could have found something that supported this (which is what I would expect from a patching platform, to be able to handle Windows version upgrades).

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Solution for this issue. 

Building off of the same script that is already in place for the past Windows upgrades, This script will now add an extra Reg Key in for ProductVersion which specifies that we want to stay on Windows 10 (Because Windows 11 also has this same Windows Version 22H2)

We have been hitting the Update button in settings for the past week or so and hadn’t had the updates pushing through, Here is it after pushing this policy:

Here is the RegKey in Place:

Here is the Code:

Evaluation Code:

#Evalaution Script - Determine if Target Release Version Registry keys exist and are set 

# Define Values in this section and ensure they match the values set in the remediation script

#############################################

$rValue = '1' #Enable Target Release Version 0 = Disabled, 1 = Enabled

$rProductValue = 'Windows 10'

$rInfoValue = '22H2' #Specify Windows 10 Target Release Version.  Select the preferred version from https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/release-information/ 

#############################################

#Predefined variables

$rPath = 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate'

$rProductName = 'ProductVersion'

$rVersion = 'TargetReleaseVersion'

$rVersionInfo = 'TargetReleaseVersionInfo'

#Check if $rVersion registry value missing

try{

    $cVersion = Get-ItemPropertyValue -Path $rPath -Name $rVersion -ErrorAction Stop
    
    $cProductInfo = Get-ItemPropertyValue -Path $rPath -Name $rProductName -ErrorAction Stop

    $cVersionInfo = Get-ItemPropertyValue -Path $rPath -Name $rVersionInfo -ErrorAction Stop

}

catch{

    Write-Error "Unable to read registry values"

    Exit -1

}

#Check if registry value data matches defined values

if (($cVersion -eq $rValue) -and ($rInfoValue -eq $cVersionInfo) -and ($cProductInfo -eq $rProductValue)) {

   Exit 0

} else { Exit -1 }

Remediation Code:

<#

.SYNOPSIS

Configure Windows 10 Target Release Version

.DESCRIPTION

  Uses group policy registry keys to Enable and configure Target Release Version for Windows 10.  

Target Release Version

Enable = 1 or Disable = 0

Target Releaese Version Info

Specify the preferred version of Windows 10.  Enter version from https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/release-information/

.NOTES

Author: Automox

Please note, these settings remain in the registry, and would require modification or removal to change or revert back to default. 

.PREREQUISITES

  Windows 10 1803 or higher

  Managable SKU (Pro, Education, Enterprise, Business)

#>

# Define Values in this section

#############################################

$rValue = '1' #Enable Target Release Version 0 = Disabled, 1 = Enabled

$rInfoValue = '22H2' #Specify Windows 10 Target Release Version.  Select the preferred version from https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/release-information/

$rInfoProduct = 'Windows 10'

#############################################

$rPath = 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate'

$rKeyPath = 'HKLM:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows'

$rVersion = 'TargetReleaseVersion'

$rVersionInfo = 'TargetReleaseVersionInfo'

$rInfoProductName = 'ProductVersion'

try {

  if(-not(Test-Path -path $rPath)){

    New-Item -Path $rPath -Force -ErrorAction Stop | Out-Null

  }

    Write-Output "SUCESS: Added Windows Product"
    
    New-ItemProperty -Path $rPath -Name $rInfoProductName -PropertyType String -Value $rInfoProduct -Force -ErrorAction Stop | Out-Null
    
    Write-Output "SUCCESS: Target Release Version keys set`t"

    New-ItemProperty -Path $rPath -Name $rVersion -PropertyType DWord -Value $rValue -Force -ErrorAction Stop | Out-Null

    Write-Output "$rpath exists`t"

    New-ItemProperty -Path $rPath -Name $rVersionInfo -PropertyType String -Value $rInfoValue -Force -ErrorAction Stop | Out-Null

    Write-Output "$rVersion = $rvalue and $rVersionInfo = $rInfoValue`t"    

    Exit 0

} catch { $Exception = $error[0].Exception.Message + "`nAt Line " + $error[0].InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber

    Write-Error $Exception

    Exit 90

}

Here is the Code in PasteBin for Ease on the Eyes: Windows 10 22H2 Automox Code - Pastebin.com

Hope this helps everyone.

I haven’t begun using Automox as yet.  I push (with another product currently) the Windows 10 22H2 upgrade enablement package.  It works flawlessly in my experience, so long as the minimum requirements are met for install.

Microsoft link here:  https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/kb5015684-featured-update-to-windows-10-version-22h2-by-using-an-enablement-package-09d43632-f438-47b5-985e-d6fd704eee61

All i did was create a new patch only policy and added the windows 10 22H2 feature update to the patch list. assigned and pushed out to a laptop still lingering on 1909. took about 1 hour 45 minutes to complete including reboots, but it worked just fine for me. of course if you want to plan this out, you’ll need to adjust device targets and scheduled notifications as necessary to fit your needs. never a good idea to casually push a feature update mid day.