Some Surface devices are still blocked from Windows 10 May 2020 Update

Microsoft continues to block Surface devices from receiving Windows 10 version 2004.



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Microsoft is still blocking some Surface devices from receiving the Windows 10 May 2020 Update.
It appeared as if the blocks were removed last week, but Microsoft has since updated its availability page.
Microsoft has not specified which other safeguards are causing the block of the update.


Microsoft continues to block Surface devices from receiving the Windows 10 May 2020 Update (Windows 10 version 2004). At the end of June, Microsoft updated a page on Windows 10 version 2004 availability. That update stated an issue was resolved and that the safeguard hold had been removed. Now, Microsoft has added text into that post stating that other safeguards might still prevent your device from receiving the update.

ZDNet spotted the words that Microsoft added on July 8. Here is what the page stated before.


This issue was resolved in KB4557957 and the safeguard hold has been re...