Anyone know how to install KB5062649 so I can try to get the ESU (Windows 10 x64)

[Akin]

Greetings all!

Subject says it all... near as I can tell, I don't have KB5062649 installed, and it seems to be step one for getting the ESU.

However, there doesn't appear to be a way to search for installed updates, you have to scroll through the list of installed updates and look for the one you're looking for. It doesn't appear to be there.

Running Windows Update does nothing. I am running In Control, if that makes a difference?

I manually downloaded it from https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=KB5062649, but when I try to install it, it tells me that "The update is not applicable to your computer".

So, I can't get through the first step of getting the ESU for my laptop.

Any suggestions?

 

[DanR]

I don't have KB5062649 installed

This is the July 2025 cumulative update for Windows 10. It has been superseded by the Aug 2025 cumulative update for Windows 10, which has been superseded by the Sep 2025 cumulative update for Windows 10, which is about to be superseded by the Oct 2025 cumulative update for Windows 10.

It is available in three (3) versions: x64; x86, and ARM 64. Only the correct version will work for you.

 

[Tazz]

Do you have the prerequisite updates?
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us...-preview-86aa67e1-195e-41c8-9cb5-bc27c17d5c5d

How to get this update​

Before you install this update


Based on your installation scenario, choose one of the following:

• For offline OS image servicing:
  
  If your image does not have the July 25, 2023 (KB5028244) or later LCU, you must install the special standalone October 13, 2023 SSU (KB5031539) before installing this update.
• For Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) deployment or when installing the standalone package from Microsoft Update Catalog:
  
  If your devices do not have the May 11, 2021 (KB5003173) or later LCU, you must install the special standalone August 10, 2021 SSU (KB5005260) before installing this update.

I had three machines that would not display the prompt for the ESU. I also had Windows Update and Telemetry locked down via the Group Policy Editor. I ended up setting everything back to default (Not Configured). After a manual check for updates one PC immediately got an update and after a reboot the option to Enroll was there. Did the same on the second PC but it took over a week of manually checking for updates for the Enroll button to show itself. The third PC took a month. I also ran

cmd /c ClipESUConsumer.exe -evaluateEligibility

every once in a while taken from A way to force the ESU

I DID NOT follow the instructions on that page, I let the process occur "naturally".

Edit: What DanR said about the cumulative updates.

 

[DanR]

This is what I did:

I went here: https://github.com/abbodi1406/ConsumerESU?tab=readme-ov-file

About halfway down the page I clicked on: Download ZIP

After downloading and extracting the zip file, I went in to the ConsumerESU-master sub folder.


Right click on Consumer_ESU_Enrollment_run.cmd and in the pop-up click [Run as administrator] to run it.

A black CMD window opens with the following verbiage appearing in sequence, with pauses along the way:


Enable Consumer ESU feature ...

Evaluate ESU Eligibility state ...
Eligibility Status: Eligible
Eligibility Result: SUCCESS

Obtain MSA token ...
Obtained token for Local user account

Run Consumer ESU Enrollment ...
IsEnrolled result: True

Evaluate ESU Eligibility state ...
Eligibility Status: DeviceEnrolled
Eligibility Result: SUCCESS

Press Enter to exit:


Pressing Enter closes the CMD window. This appeared to work successfully on all 3 of my Win 10 Pro machines.

Easy Peasy.

No MS account sign in, no forcing WU to behave, etc.,

 

[PHolder]

Running Windows Update does nothing. I am running In Control, if that makes a difference?

Yes, that does make a difference. You'll need to temporarily turn off control and you should pretty quickly get offered an additional up (or two.)

 

[Akin]

This is the July 2025 cumulative update for Windows 10. It has been superseded by the Aug 2025 cumulative update for Windows 10, which has been superseded by the Sep 2025 cumulative update for Windows 10, which is about to be superseded by the Oct 2025 cumulative update for Windows 10.

It is available in three (3) versions: x64; x86, and ARM 64. Only the correct version will work for you.

Yeah I was trying the x64 version since I'm running windows 10 x64

 

[Akin]

Do you have the prerequisite updates?
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us...-preview-86aa67e1-195e-41c8-9cb5-bc27c17d5c5d

How to get this update​

Before you install this update


Based on your installation scenario, choose one of the following:

• For offline OS image servicing:
  
  If your image does not have the July 25, 2023 (KB5028244) or later LCU, you must install the special standalone October 13, 2023 SSU (KB5031539) before installing this update.
• For Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) deployment or when installing the standalone package from Microsoft Update Catalog:
  
  If your devices do not have the May 11, 2021 (KB5003173) or later LCU, you must install the special standalone August 10, 2021 SSU (KB5005260) before installing this update.

I had three machines that would not display the prompt for the ESU. I also had Windows Update and Telemetry locked down via the Group Policy Editor. I ended up setting everything back to default (Not Configured). After a manual check for updates one PC immediately got an update and after a reboot the option to Enroll was there. Did the same on the second PC but it took over a week of manually checking for updates for the Enroll button to show itself. The third PC took a month. I also ran

cmd /c ClipESUConsumer.exe -evaluateEligibility

every once in a while taken from A way to force the ESU

I DID NOT follow the instructions on that page, I let the process occur "naturally".

Edit: What DanR said about the cumulative updates.

I honestly have no idea about what you're saying. I wouldn't know how to service an image if I saw one. Is there a Captain Dummy Talk version?

If you're asking if I have those updates installed... is there any way to check for an update other than scrolling through the list of installed updates (which seems suspiciously small to me for a four year old machine) and reading the number on each one?

 

[Akin]

Yes, that does make a difference. You'll need to temporarily turn off control and you should pretty quickly get offered and additional up (or two.)

Won't that allow windows update to cram all sorts of stuff into my OS that I was using InControl to block?

For what it's worth, my desktop machine at home is also running InControl, and it was able to get the ESU without issue...

 

[Akin]

This is what I did:

I went here: https://github.com/abbodi1406/ConsumerESU?tab=readme-ov-file

About halfway down the page I clicked on: Download ZIP

After downloading and extracting the zip file, I went in to the ConsumerESU-master sub folder.


Right click on Consumer_ESU_Enrollment_run.cmd and in the pop-up click [Run as administrator] to run it.

A black CMD window opens with the following verbiage appearing in sequence, with pauses along the way:


Enable Consumer ESU feature ...

Evaluate ESU Eligibility state ...
Eligibility Status: Eligible
Eligibility Result: SUCCESS

Obtain MSA token ...
Obtained token for Local user account

Run Consumer ESU Enrollment ...
IsEnrolled result: True

Evaluate ESU Eligibility state ...
Eligibility Status: DeviceEnrolled
Eligibility Result: SUCCESS

Press Enter to exit:


Pressing Enter closes the CMD window. This appeared to work successfully on all 3 of my Win 10 Pro machines.

Easy Peasy.

No MS account sign in, no forcing WU to behave, etc.,

Okay I'm going to try this and see what happens

 

[PHolder]

Won't that allow windows update to cram all sorts of stuff into my OS that I was using InControl to block?

Choose your poison. The management of ESU is some of that "stuff" you need if you want the ESU updates.

 

[DanR]

Won't that allow windows update to cram all sorts of stuff into my OS that I was using InControl to block?

Most likely.

For what it's worth, my desktop machine at home is also running InControl, and it was able to get the ESU without issue...

That should be the case.

The sole intended purpose of In Control is to block unwanted feature version updates to Win 10, including upgrade to Win 11.

In Control does not block routine security updates.

Forcing/cajoling WU to offer the ESU update option however is very possibly a gray area.

 

[Akin]

Okay I'm going to try this and see what happens

Wow, that did it!

After following DanR's steps, when I ran Windows Update again, there's a new line that says "Your PC is enrolled to get Extended Security Updates". I assume because my desktop is already enrolled, my laptop is too, or something.

Whatever, it worked! Thanks!

 

[miquelfire]

It's possible you were on a version of Windows 10 that wasn't getting updates anyway.

 

[Akin]

It's possible you were on a version of Windows 10 that wasn't getting updates anyway.

It certainly seemed to be installing updates regularly.

 

[miquelfire]

Maybe this was a rolling update thing where the computer that wasn't getting it was just losing the lottery. I know this is something I sometime see with my Pixel phone, in that I don't get the current month update, sometimes near the end of the month.