Surface Devices and Windows 10 2004

<p>My Surface Pro (2017) — aka the SP "5" — and my new Surface Book 3 got a .NET framework update this afternoon. On restart, neither was blocked for 2004, and I was invited to download and install it.They are doing that now.</p><p><br></p><p>When 2004 was still called 20H1 and available only to insider rings, I never had significant problems with it on my test machines. But once it became available as a feature update release a few months ago, my three best machines, which never see beta releases, had major problems after installation. I rolled them back to 1909 so I could actually do some work; on one of them I had to do a clean install that cost me some files and lots of wasted time restoring the non-store apps that I use. As time went by all three were added to the block list. It continues to bewilder me how the company could have released 2004 without knowing that it wouldn't work even on so many of Microsoft's own Surface devices.</p><p><br></p><p>Memo to Mr. Nadela: A slow-rollout system release will also be slow to reveal how massive a problem you have when your internal evaluiation and quality-control processes are not up to the task.</p><p><br></p>