I install the monthly rollups every time they're available. I was suspecting that MS might want to overwrite the new updates so even if i had the ESU installed, these re-appearing patches would make the pc non-updated. I did what you suggested, hid them.
Had the same problem. You have to manually install the January SSU KB4536952 which many of us did not receive through the normal WU.
According to what I also understood, your statements are correct. Personally, I will follow an advice from this thread : "It is urgent to wait for next month second Tuesday updates" ;-).
---↓--- Ianpac beat me to it. ↑ You should be golden after that. Back when you were on v.3, KB4490628, KB4474419, KB4523206 were the ones to be concerned with.
I had exactly the same experience. However, since I had already successfully installed everything I wanted, I used PowerRun 1.3 to re-edit the three .mum files back to their original form. Now KB4537829 is back in both locations, as it was before I used PowerRun. Sorry I can't be of any more help.
I'm not sure, but I assume that in regard to the comment I've marked in red, this explains why I was able to install all the Feb 2020 Updates correctly, even though I had already installed KB4537829.
You only need the bypass for the test KB. after that you can remove the bypass. Then, you can install the ESU updates including SSU. We will have to wait and see how long this trick will work before MS does a 'FIX' for it.
I was never offered KB4537829 (the ominous SSU that breaks the bypass) for my Win64Pro System, nor can I find it in Windows Update history. No Idea why this is so but it possibly saved me from not being able to install the February 11 rollup update, which went through flawlessly. BTW, I was probably one of the last to install the test update on using bypass v3. It seems that for those who successfully ran v3 before MS plugged the hole are not in need to run v4. Not sure, however, how long this state will persist as MS seems to be willing to break bypasses in short succession of their appearance.
You didn't get it on WU because you won't get ESU stage updates by WU. When you want to install all ESU updates you can do it this way: https://forums.mydigitallife.net/th...pdates-eligibility.80606/page-63#post-1577626
I got it neither offered via WU (which ist logical to me because bypass-ESU updates don't come with WU) nor can I see KB4537829 on the MS Windows Update history home page (I should have made clear that I was not referring to my personal Windows update history). So, what I see on Windows Update home page seems to be different from what some other user see. Not sure why this is so.
Can anyone confirm what he's saying about no longer needing the bypass after installing the test update?
yes brother i can confirm we can remove bypass after test update & all other feb 2020 Extended Security Updates are installed.