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Heather_Poulsen
Updated May 18, 2026
mihi
May 23, 2026Brass Contributor
Are there any known differences how the Secure-Boot-Update task behaves on Windows 10 ESU as compared to Windows 11 Home/Pro?
Recently some more threads of users popped up where Windows freezes during Secure Boot updates after a LCU (e.g. a Dell user here:
https://www.tenforums.com/general-support/223137-windows-10-freezes-3-minutes-after-start-up-since-last-two-updates-2.html )
And the one common point is that all of them use Windows 10 ESU. Might be a coincidence (as users on older machines are more likely sticking with that), but it seems to be increasingly likely that it is in fact a difference in how the servicing behaves between Win10 and Win11...