Best way to cancel a pending 25H2 update, waiting for restart to complete installation


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I was a bit too late to pause the update, so it's now sitting in pending state for the 25H2 installation, waiting for a reboot to complete . I'd like to cancel it back before the installation trigger, if that's possible ?

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While searching, I came across a similar case, I was hoping could this be the right approach here?

How can I abort a pending Windows Update cycle and reboot normally?

Hi All, After looking at these two URL's and other links on the interweb I still do not have the full answer to a question that's been bugging me: https://www.elevenforum.com/t/how-to-abort-windows-11-update-pending-restart.20533/...
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@flick


You should probably just let it update to 25H2.
End of Life for 24H2 is... October 13, 2026

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If you're NOT on one of the Insider channels, 25H2 is pretty rock solid.
Even ON the Insider channels, it pretty solid.
 

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I would let it finish, and then use the Rollback option.

However, as @Ghot said, EOL for 24H2 is near, which means security updates stop after that.
 

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Ghot said:
You should probably just let it update to 25H2.
End of Life for 24H2 is... October 13, 2026
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Banjoman301 said:
I would let it finish, and then use the Rollback option.

However, as @Ghot said, EOL for 24H2 is near, which means security updates stop after that
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Maybe it's time to just let the update go ahead after all, taking @Ghot word on "25H2 is pretty rock solid." Given the circumstances, it's probably best to do a backup image before upgrading
 

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I've had 25H2 running flawlessly on an unsupported machine for over a year now.

It's always prudent to do a drive image before doing Windows updates, or upgrades
 

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flick said:
Maybe it's time to just let the update go ahead after all, taking @Ghot word on "25H2 is pretty rock solid." Given the circumstances, it's probably best to do a backup image before upgrading
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Too late now. It's already almost completely installed.
The risk is much higher, trying to stop the restart.

I guess you could make a backup from within Windows, but it will still have 25H2 pretty much installed.

As mentioned above... I've been running 25H2 since it came out, and I'm now on 26H2... one or two very minor issues (past tense), and solid as a rock. And I'm on a computer I built in 2020.

You are on a modern (loved by MS and manufacturers everywhere), computer.
Assuming we're talking about the one in your specs. :-)


And, after this latest 26H2 update... zero defects...

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KB5129195 Windows 11 Out-of-band Cumulative Update build 26100.9457 (24H2), 26200.9457 (25H2), and 26300.9457 (26H2) - Sept. 14

Microsoft Support: This out-of-band (OOB) update for Windows 11, version 25H2 and Windows 11, version 24H2 (KB5129195) is cumulative. It includes updates from previous releases, along with additional security and non-security improvements. Visit the Windows release health dashboard for the...
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Ghot said:
I guess you could make a backup from within Windows, but it will still have 25H2 pretty much installed.
.....
...
Assuming we're talking about the one in your specs. :-)
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Though that may be true to some degree, it's still in staging, waiting to be installed. Sneaky move by MS though
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You cant seem to shake off about the spec thing :LOL::LOL:
 

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flick said:
it's still in staging, waiting to be installed. No other way out
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So I would let it complete, then use the Rollback function...which will return to 24H2.

Image the drive.

Then, upgrade to 25H2.
 

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This was my last 25H2 update...

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And this baby will take you (3 seconds and a reboot), to 26H2... I love me some Enablement Packages. :D

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Windows 11 Insider Release Preview build 26300.9278 (26H2) - Aug. 27

UPDATE 9/10: https://www.elevenforum.com/t/kb5124010-windows-11-insider-rp-build-26100-9539-24h2-26200-9539-25h2-and-26300-9539-26h2-sept-10.49360/ Windows Insider Blog: Hello Windows Insiders! Today, we are making this year’s annual feature update, Windows 11, version 26H2 (Build 26300.9278)...
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Even though it says: Insider Release Preview... it worked fine on my non-Insider build. :-)




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Banjoman301 said:
So I would let it complete, then use the Rollback function...which will return to 24H2.

Image the drive.

Then, upgrade to 25H2.
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Sounds good!

I brought this up last time too about whether 25H2 would wipe out the debloat script that's on 24H2. I believe @garlin went into more detail on it and mentioned that if some apps were removed, it shouldn't be necessary to re-run the script ,unless there are 25H2-specific tweaks that the script doesn't already cover
 

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