On Windows 10 Professional in particular, you can open up group policy editor. IDGĬhange the target feature update version to 22H2 in group policy editor. As long as there is a group policy or registry key in place that specifies a value prior to 22H2, you won’t be offered 22H2 or any later feature release. If you have forgotten that you left that setting in place, you may have inadvertently blocked your machine from receiving the 22H2 feature release. Microsoft allows us to use group policy or a registry key to keep a system on a specific feature release. Here are some of the reasons you might not have 22H2 on your system(s). But I’ve seen situations where computers for one reason or another don’t receive the feature release they are supposed to. If this is the case for you, you’ll see “Feature Update to Windows 10, version 22H2” waiting for you in Windows Update, and all you need to do is enable it. The upgrade from 21H2 to 22H2 is a quick update mainly because the components of the update have been already installed on the system, and moving to 22H2 is merely an enablement.
If it is not 22H2, you need to take action. Review what version of Windows 10 is listed on that page.
To see which version of Windows a PC is running, click on the Start menu, then Settings, then System, then About. Take the time to review the machines under your control and ensure that they are ready for the end of 21H2 support.
Why should you upgrade to a new feature release if your existing machines are working just fine? As Windows 10 comes into its final years of support (through to 2025), it’s key to keep machines on supported versions so you can receive security updates. (For Windows 10 Enterprise and Windows 10 Education customers, support for 21H2 lasts another year.) For Windows 10 Home, Windows 10 Pro, Windows 10 Pro Education, and Windows 10 Pro for Workstations, version 21H2 will stop being offered updates - including security updates - after June. But which exact version of Windows 10? If you are on Windows 10, version 21H2, its end of servicing is coming up on June 13, 2023. So you have a Windows 10 computer - or a fleet of them.