Feature Update not installing on Windows 10 devices pointing to Intranet location

Feature updates are technically new versions of Windows 10, which become available twice a year (about every six months) in spring and fall. These are also known as “semi-annual” versions. If when you try to install feature updates on Windows 10 devices pointing to an intranet location and the update fails, this message is intended to help you. In this article, we will identify the potential cause (s) of this problem, as well as the corresponding solution (s) you can try to help you resolve this problem.

Let’s look at a typical scenario where you may experience this problem.

When you install a feature update on Windows 10, computers may not receive the latest driver updates for the following device drivers if the computers point to an intranet location:

• Surface Pro 4 camera
• DisplayLink for USB displays (DisplayLink USB graphics technology is designed to connect computers and displays via USB, Ethernet, and WiFi. It also allows multiple displays to be connected to a single computer. DisplayLink technology is fully supported on all current versions of Windows 10 – Intel CPU and AMD).

In this scenario, where Windows 10 computers do not receive driver updates for the aforementioned device, the installation of the feature update will fail.

This problem occurs because the latest updates and drivers may not be available from an intranet location.

Windows 10 feature update does not install on devices pointing to an intranet location

If you are facing this problem of feature updates do not install on Windows 10 devices pointing to intranet location, you can try one of the three solutions presented below, to ensure that devices receive the latest updates and drivers directly from Windows Update and not from an intranet location during the installation or upgrade process for an optimized user experience and to reduce the risk of update failures and other upgrade-related issues.

1. Use SCCM to configure the OSD to deploy the update
2. Configure Windows 10 devices to receive updates directly from Windows Update
3. Manually download and install the latest drivers

Let us examine the description of the process involved in relation to each of the solutions listed.

1]Use SCCM to configure the OSD to deploy the update

This solution requires that you use System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) to configure the operating system deployment (OSD) in order to deploy the update to resolve the issue of feature updates do not install on Windows 10 devices pointing to the intranet location.

ConfigMgr OSD provides an option in the task sequence to override Group Policy settings and point devices to Windows Update during installation.

To activate this feature, follow these steps:

• Open the task sequence editor.
• Check the Dynamically update Windows installer with Windows Update , as shown in the image above.
• Click on Apply > Okay to save the changes.

2]Configure Windows 10 devices to receive updates directly from Windows Update

In this solution to the problem of feature updates do not install on Windows 10 devices pointing to intranet location, you can configure Windows 10 devices to receive updates directly from Windows Update.

Here’s how:

Start the configuration or upgrade process on the computers.

After the process is successfully completed, run the following Windows PowerShell script to configure the devices to receive updates directly from Windows Update.

After running this script, computers will no longer receive updates from WSUS. Instead, they receive updates from WU until the policy is reapplied.

#Set machine to go to WU/MU
if (test-path HKLM:softwarepoliciesmicrosoftwindowswindowsupdate)
{
Create-LogEntry "Found Windows Update Policy. Removing it."
Try
{
Remove-item HKLM:softwarepoliciesmicrosoftwindowswindowsupdate -Force -Recurse
Stop-service -name wuauserv
Start-Sleep 30
Start-Service -name wuauserv
}
Catch {}
}

Now open the Settings app> Update and security > Windows Update > Check for updates to find the new drivers from Windows Update.

After all devices are updated to have the latest available drivers, run the command below to restore Group Policy settings to the state before running the aforementioned PowerShell script.

gpupdate /force

3]Manually download and install the latest drivers

This solution to the problem of feature updates do not install on Windows 10 devices pointing to the intranet location, simply requires that you manually download and install the latest required drivers after the configuration or upgrade process is complete. You can do this through Device Manager or go to the device manufacturers website and download the drivers from there.

That’s it!