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Published Jun 18, 2026
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DaveD-MS-CETS
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Aug 20, 2026

You can control this part of the update experience via Update Deadlines - once the deadline is reached, Windows continues pursuing installation/restart until compliance is achieved. From 22H2, you can configure a deadline for Quality or Feature updates. 

Windows automatically retries failed downloads or installations during subsequent scan cycles. 

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pc-88
Brass Contributor
Aug 20, 2026

Yes, these machines already had deadlines set but as the updates continued to fail for a few weeks, they were waiting longer and longer in between retries. I will assume this means there is no other officially supported method.

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    BillBieber57
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    Aug 20, 2026

    I have been using PSWindowsUpdate module but it's not perfect but sometimes can work