[1909, ou] Windows Update downloading but not installing

[DavR]

I keep going round and round in circles on this one, I was wondering if anyone could shed some light?

 

We're using 'Configure Automatic Updates' policy set to Opt4 - Download and Schedule install to pull down updates from our WSUS server, and whilst they are downloading, they just don't seem to be installing automatically. We've got the install time set for 03.00, and it works for those PCs left on, but for those that were not on, the updates just continue to sit there as "Pending Install".

 

Obviously every PC isn't going to be on at 3am, but then, with the number of laptops we have, and PCs used irregularly, there is no one good time when everything is! Under Windows 7 (and I was sure in Win 10 1803 before we upgraded over summer) this never seemed to be a problem, as any missed scheduled installation would just re-run on next startup. This no longer seems to be the case.

 

'Active Hours' shouldn't be a consideration, as this is just for device reboots, I'm happy with our reboot configs.

 

Has anyone else noticed the same behaviour, and how have you corrected it? I'd rather fix my existing policies that ALMOST work, rather than reinvent the wheel, if I don't have to....

[DavR]

 

Current policy settings, for info....