• Why can't I find ESU enrolment in my Win10?

    From Chris@3:633/10 to All on Sat Oct 11 12:48:06 2025


    I'm fully up to date Win10 Pro 22H2 and supposedly it should be there under Windows Update. How else can I enroll?

    I don't have an MS account (yet) and I'd rather just pay than create a
    login.

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  • From Stan Brown@3:633/10 to All on Sat Oct 11 09:40:26 2025
    On Sat, 11 Oct 2025 12:48:06 -0000 (UTC), Chris wrote:

    I'm fully up to date Win10 Pro 22H2 and supposedly it should be there under Windows Update. How else can I enroll?

    I don't have an MS account (yet) and I'd rather just pay than create a
    login.


    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 15:48:09 -0400, Paul wrote:

    On Fri, 9/19/2025 12:55 PM, Bill Bradshaw wrote:
    John C. wrote:
    Bill Bradshaw wrote:
    jason_warren wrote:
    I thought that the end of Win 10 support would still allow
    users to pay MS to continue distrbuting security updates.
    Now I'm reading things that run counter to that. What's
    true?

    Go into Settings, Update & Security, and if you are enrolled in the
    Extended Security Updates there will be a notice to that effect. I
    did not get a request to pay but I am informed that I am enrolled.

    Bill, did you in fact enroll? I'm assuming you did. I didn't, and my
    settings window says:

    Windows 10 support ends in October 2025
    Enroll in Extended Security Updates to help keep your device secure.

    I did enroll. I used the ConsumerESU-master program. I don't have the url
    but maybe somebody can provide it or you could find it with a search. It was pretty simple to use. This is not a Microsoft program.


    It's a script on github.

    https://github.com/abbodi1406/ConsumerESU

    https://codeload.github.com/abbodi1406/ConsumerESU/zip/refs/heads/master

    Name: ConsumerESU-master.zip # Is being edited as time passes...
    Size: 9816 bytes (9 KiB)
    SHA256: 4658F0BD8E1BC9BF9D8E46AD659A3502CE36406761917A65BA3FBBF9B4EC6415

    Consumer_ESU_Enrollment.ps1 # Script for enrolling user in Win10 ESU.

    Consumer_ESU_Enrollment_run.cmd # Wrapper to remove PowerShell restricted execution.
    # This would be the part we would normally tell users verbally.

    Details in the Readme file. Run as Administrator (Administrator Terminal maybe).

    https://github.com/abbodi1406/ConsumerESU/blob/master/README.md

    Needs July 2025 Patch Tuesday Cumulative, as there is a ConsumerESU.dll
    in the OS folders after the Patch Tuesday is installed, and the
    script checks for the existence of that file. That file is presumably
    a part of the solution.

    Paul

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  • From Paul@3:633/10 to All on Sat Oct 11 13:31:08 2025
    On Sat, 10/11/2025 12:40 PM, Stan Brown wrote:
    On Sat, 11 Oct 2025 12:48:06 -0000 (UTC), Chris wrote:

    I'm fully up to date Win10 Pro 22H2 and supposedly it should be there under >> Windows Update. How else can I enroll?

    I don't have an MS account (yet) and I'd rather just pay than create a
    login.


    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 15:48:09 -0400, Paul wrote:

    On Fri, 9/19/2025 12:55 PM, Bill Bradshaw wrote:
    John C. wrote:
    Bill Bradshaw wrote:
    jason_warren wrote:
    I thought that the end of Win 10 support would still allow
    users to pay MS to continue distrbuting security updates.
    Now I'm reading things that run counter to that. What's
    true?

    Go into Settings, Update & Security, and if you are enrolled in the
    Extended Security Updates there will be a notice to that effect. I
    did not get a request to pay but I am informed that I am enrolled.

    Bill, did you in fact enroll? I'm assuming you did. I didn't, and my
    settings window says:

    Windows 10 support ends in October 2025
    Enroll in Extended Security Updates to help keep your device secure.

    I did enroll. I used the ConsumerESU-master program. I don't have the url
    but maybe somebody can provide it or you could find it with a search. It >>> was pretty simple to use. This is not a Microsoft program.


    It's a script on github.

    https://github.com/abbodi1406/ConsumerESU

    https://codeload.github.com/abbodi1406/ConsumerESU/zip/refs/heads/master >>
    Name: ConsumerESU-master.zip # Is being edited as time passes... >> Size: 9816 bytes (9 KiB)
    SHA256: 4658F0BD8E1BC9BF9D8E46AD659A3502CE36406761917A65BA3FBBF9B4EC6415

    Consumer_ESU_Enrollment.ps1 # Script for enrolling user in Win10 ESU. >>
    Consumer_ESU_Enrollment_run.cmd # Wrapper to remove PowerShell restricted execution.
    # This would be the part we would normally tell users verbally.

    Details in the Readme file. Run as Administrator (Administrator Terminal maybe).

    https://github.com/abbodi1406/ConsumerESU/blob/master/README.md

    Needs July 2025 Patch Tuesday Cumulative, as there is a ConsumerESU.dll
    in the OS folders after the Patch Tuesday is installed, and the
    script checks for the existence of that file. That file is presumably
    a part of the solution.

    Paul

    I have a suspicion the script does not run any more.
    It throws a couple errors. The Windows Update interface
    can still have the Enroll tease in the center row of
    the interface.

    consumeresumgr.dll # Installed by July Cumulative or so <=== Packed with tease code as well

    ClipESUConsumer.exe # A service installed by the enrollment script from Github ?
    # Also seems there is a Microsoft package with the same
    # kind of name.

    The objective, was to have the "$30" and grab the users MSA,
    as part and parcel. It's not like "$30" makes you Anonymous.
    They want their track-ability and your "$30" :-) The Settings Backup
    is just a cake icing for them.

    [Picture] Use "Download Original" to see full resolution

    https://i.postimg.cc/PxQRZrqL/broken-ness-whereever-you-look.gif

    It is remotely possible, that whatever "fix" they sent out to make the
    script fail, is also causing the Enrollment tease to not appear. I think
    I have at least one disk, where the Enrollment has not appeared,
    even after a Repair Install. I am in the process of bolting that disk
    back together :-) Then we will open the oven door, and see whether
    the cookies are baked, or the cookies are burned and I will have
    to throw them into the kitchen waste bin. My trouble really started
    there when I used the Macrium boot repair on a multiboot Windows disk.

    Paul

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  • From Fokke Nauta@3:633/10 to All on Sat Oct 11 19:40:52 2025
    On 11/10/2025 14:48, Chris wrote:


    I'm fully up to date Win10 Pro 22H2 and supposedly it should be there under Windows Update. How else can I enroll?

    I don't have an MS account (yet) and I'd rather just pay than create a
    login.

    If you look into Updates, you will find the ESU update. I didn't have an
    MS account, and paid for the update. I'ts done, and now have the ESU situation.
    It did cost 32 euro per pc. But I'm satisfied now.

    Have a look at it.

    Fokke

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  • From Chris@3:633/10 to All on Sat Oct 11 19:21:28 2025
    Fokke Nauta <fnauta@solfon.nl> wrote:
    On 11/10/2025 14:48, Chris wrote:


    I'm fully up to date Win10 Pro 22H2 and supposedly it should be there under >> Windows Update. How else can I enroll?

    I don't have an MS account (yet) and I'd rather just pay than create a
    login.

    If you look into Updates, you will find the ESU update.

    That's my point. It is not there.


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  • From Java Jive@3:633/10 to All on Sat Oct 11 20:53:04 2025
    On 2025-10-11 18:31, Paul wrote:
    On Sat, 10/11/2025 12:40 PM, Stan Brown wrote:
    On Sat, 11 Oct 2025 12:48:06 -0000 (UTC), Chris wrote:

    I'm fully up to date Win10 Pro 22H2 and supposedly it should be there under >>> Windows Update. How else can I enroll?

    I don't have an MS account (yet) and I'd rather just pay than create a
    login.


    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 15:48:09 -0400, Paul wrote:

    On Fri, 9/19/2025 12:55 PM, Bill Bradshaw wrote:
    John C. wrote:
    Bill Bradshaw wrote:
    jason_warren wrote:
    I thought that the end of Win 10 support would still allow
    users to pay MS to continue distrbuting security updates.
    Now I'm reading things that run counter to that. What's
    true?

    Go into Settings, Update & Security, and if you are enrolled in the >>>>>> Extended Security Updates there will be a notice to that effect. I >>>>>> did not get a request to pay but I am informed that I am enrolled.

    Bill, did you in fact enroll? I'm assuming you did. I didn't, and my >>>>> settings window says:

    Windows 10 support ends in October 2025
    Enroll in Extended Security Updates to help keep your device secure.

    I did enroll. I used the ConsumerESU-master program. I don't have the url
    but maybe somebody can provide it or you could find it with a search. It >>>> was pretty simple to use. This is not a Microsoft program.


    It's a script on github.

    https://github.com/abbodi1406/ConsumerESU

    https://codeload.github.com/abbodi1406/ConsumerESU/zip/refs/heads/master

    Name: ConsumerESU-master.zip # Is being edited as time passes...
    Size: 9816 bytes (9 KiB)
    SHA256: 4658F0BD8E1BC9BF9D8E46AD659A3502CE36406761917A65BA3FBBF9B4EC6415

    Consumer_ESU_Enrollment.ps1 # Script for enrolling user in Win10 ESU. >>>
    Consumer_ESU_Enrollment_run.cmd # Wrapper to remove PowerShell restricted execution.
    # This would be the part we would normally tell users verbally.

    Details in the Readme file. Run as Administrator (Administrator Terminal maybe).

    https://github.com/abbodi1406/ConsumerESU/blob/master/README.md

    Needs July 2025 Patch Tuesday Cumulative, as there is a ConsumerESU.dll
    in the OS folders after the Patch Tuesday is installed, and the
    script checks for the existence of that file. That file is presumably
    a part of the solution.

    Paul

    I have a suspicion the script does not run any more.

    I ran it mid-late September, and the PC was enrolled successfully.

    --

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  • From Java Jive@3:633/10 to All on Sat Oct 11 21:12:07 2025
    On 2025-10-11 20:53, Java Jive wrote:
    On 2025-10-11 18:31, Paul wrote:
    On Sat, 10/11/2025 12:40 PM, Stan Brown wrote:
    On Sat, 11 Oct 2025 12:48:06 -0000 (UTC), Chris wrote:

    I'm fully up to date Win10 Pro 22H2 and supposedly it should be
    there under
    Windows Update. How else can I enroll?

    I don't have an MS account (yet) and I'd rather just pay than create a >>>> login.


    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 15:48:09 -0400, Paul wrote:

    On Fri, 9/19/2025 12:55 PM, Bill Bradshaw wrote:
    John C. wrote:
    Bill Bradshaw wrote:
    jason_warren wrote:
    I thought that the end of Win 10 support would still allow
    users to pay MS to continue distrbuting security updates.
    Now I'm reading things that run counter to that. What's
    true?

    Go into Settings, Update & Security, and if you are enrolled in the >>>>>>> Extended Security Updates there will be a notice to that effect.  I >>>>>>> did not get a request to pay but I am informed that I am enrolled. >>>>>>
    Bill, did you in fact enroll? I'm assuming you did. I didn't, and my >>>>>> settings window says:

    Windows 10 support ends in October 2025
    Enroll in Extended Security Updates to help keep your device secure. >>>>>
    I did enroll.  I used the ConsumerESU-master program.  I don't have >>>>> the url
    but maybe somebody can provide it or you could find it with a
    search.  It
    was pretty simple to use.  This is not a Microsoft program.


    It's a script on github.

    https://github.com/abbodi1406/ConsumerESU


    https://codeload.github.com/abbodi1406/ConsumerESU/zip/refs/heads/master >>>>
           Name: ConsumerESU-master.zip      # Is being edited as time
    passes...
           Size: 9816 bytes (9 KiB)
           SHA256:
    4658F0BD8E1BC9BF9D8E46AD659A3502CE36406761917A65BA3FBBF9B4EC6415

    Consumer_ESU_Enrollment.ps1       # Script for enrolling user in
    Win10 ESU.

    Consumer_ESU_Enrollment_run.cmd   # Wrapper to remove PowerShell
    restricted execution.
                                       # This would be the part we would
    normally tell users verbally.

    Details in the Readme file. Run as Administrator (Administrator
    Terminal maybe).

        https://github.com/abbodi1406/ConsumerESU/blob/master/README.md

    Needs July 2025 Patch Tuesday Cumulative, as there is a ConsumerESU.dll >>>> in the OS folders after the Patch Tuesday is installed, and the
    script checks for the existence of that file. That file is presumably
    a part of the solution.

        Paul

    I have a suspicion the script does not run any more.

    I ran it mid-late September, and the PC was enrolled successfully.

    And I've just finished cloning that build onto another PC, and
    thankfully that is enrolled also.

    --

    Fake news kills!

    I may be contacted via the contact address given on my website: www.macfh.co.uk


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  • From Chris@3:633/10 to All on Sat Oct 11 21:08:20 2025
    Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> wrote:
    On 2025-10-11 20:53, Java Jive wrote:
    On 2025-10-11 18:31, Paul wrote:
    On Sat, 10/11/2025 12:40 PM, Stan Brown wrote:
    On Sat, 11 Oct 2025 12:48:06 -0000 (UTC), Chris wrote:

    I'm fully up to date Win10 Pro 22H2 and supposedly it should be
    there under
    Windows Update. How else can I enroll?

    I don't have an MS account (yet) and I'd rather just pay than create a >>>>> login.


    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 15:48:09 -0400, Paul wrote:

    On Fri, 9/19/2025 12:55 PM, Bill Bradshaw wrote:
    John C. wrote:
    Bill Bradshaw wrote:
    jason_warren wrote:
    I thought that the end of Win 10 support would still allow
    users to pay MS to continue distrbuting security updates.
    Now I'm reading things that run counter to that. What's
    true?

    Go into Settings, Update & Security, and if you are enrolled in the >>>>>>>> Extended Security Updates there will be a notice to that effect.  I >>>>>>>> did not get a request to pay but I am informed that I am enrolled. >>>>>>>
    Bill, did you in fact enroll? I'm assuming you did. I didn't, and my >>>>>>> settings window says:

    Windows 10 support ends in October 2025
    Enroll in Extended Security Updates to help keep your device secure. >>>>>>
    I did enroll.  I used the ConsumerESU-master program.  I don't have >>>>>> the url
    but maybe somebody can provide it or you could find it with a
    search.  It
    was pretty simple to use.  This is not a Microsoft program.


    It's a script on github.

    https://github.com/abbodi1406/ConsumerESU


    https://codeload.github.com/abbodi1406/ConsumerESU/zip/refs/heads/master >>>>>
           Name: ConsumerESU-master.zip      # Is being edited as time
    passes...
           Size: 9816 bytes (9 KiB)
           SHA256:
    4658F0BD8E1BC9BF9D8E46AD659A3502CE36406761917A65BA3FBBF9B4EC6415

    Consumer_ESU_Enrollment.ps1       # Script for enrolling user in
    Win10 ESU.

    Consumer_ESU_Enrollment_run.cmd   # Wrapper to remove PowerShell
    restricted execution.
                                       # This would be the part we would >>>>> normally tell users verbally.

    Details in the Readme file. Run as Administrator (Administrator
    Terminal maybe).

        https://github.com/abbodi1406/ConsumerESU/blob/master/README.md

    Needs July 2025 Patch Tuesday Cumulative, as there is a ConsumerESU.dll >>>>> in the OS folders after the Patch Tuesday is installed, and the
    script checks for the existence of that file. That file is presumably >>>>> a part of the solution.

        Paul

    I have a suspicion the script does not run any more.

    I ran it mid-late September, and the PC was enrolled successfully.

    And I've just finished cloning that build onto another PC, and
    thankfully that is enrolled also.

    Thanks for confirming. Will have to give it go.


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  • From Char Jackson@3:633/10 to All on Sat Oct 11 20:00:33 2025
    On Sat, 11 Oct 2025 13:31:08 -0400, Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> wrote:

    I have a suspicion the script does not run any more.

    Github shows that the script was updated about 1 day ago to fix an early termination situation. There are also a couple of additional scripts in
    the zip that I didn't see before. I downloaded a fresh copy of the
    script just now and ran it on a couple of fresh Win 10 VMs,
    successfully.



    PS C:\Users\Bullwinkle\Downloads> .\Consumer_ESU_Enrollment.ps1

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

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

    Run Consumer ESU Enrollment ...
    Operation Failed: 0x80080259

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

    *******************************************************

    Next, run ".\Consumer_ESU_ScheduledTasks.cmd" to keep WU from silently
    changing the status. Choose option 1.


    SUCCESS: The parameters of scheduled task "\Microsoft\Windows\Clip\ClipEsuConsumer" have been changed.

    SUCCESS: The parameters of scheduled task "\Microsoft\Windows\Clip\ClipEsuConsumerProcessPreOrder" have been
    changed.

    SUCCESS: The parameters of scheduled task "\Microsoft\Windows\Clip\ClipEsuConsumerProcessRefund" have been
    changed.


    Done.

    Press any key to exit.


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  • From Paul@3:633/10 to All on Sat Oct 11 21:02:40 2025
    On Sat, 10/11/2025 3:21 PM, Chris wrote:
    Fokke Nauta <fnauta@solfon.nl> wrote:
    On 11/10/2025 14:48, Chris wrote:


    I'm fully up to date Win10 Pro 22H2 and supposedly it should be there under >>> Windows Update. How else can I enroll?

    I don't have an MS account (yet) and I'd rather just pay than create a
    login.

    If you look into Updates, you will find the ESU update.

    That's my point. It is not there.


    You don't have a lot of time left.

    Make sure you've released your "InControl.exe" setting
    for the OS.

    Do a Repair Install with a matching ISO you keep for this.

    Reboot.

    Check Windows Update.

    Reboot.

    After the Repair Install is done, it will try to reinstall
    2025-09 Cumulative. Your Windows Update screen *might*
    get the teaser prompt at that point. You need sufficient
    space on the disk, for the 20-30GB Windows.old for
    this Repair Install to work. It helps if you've done
    a Repair Install before, and know what "materials to feed it"
    to make it perform like a trained seal.

    I've even discovered a Repair Install can put a "good"
    WinRE.wim into the Recovery Partition. I've done three
    repair installs in the last two days (as part of a
    disk reconstruction project). And in all of them,
    the reagentc /info is perfect. Just an accidental discovery.

    +----------+----------------------------+
    | C: | The old Recovery Partition | <=== select the partition and "delete partition override"
    +----------+----------------------------+

    +----------+ Now it looks like this.
    | C: | Use Disk Management to make an "ordinary" NTFS 1600MB
    +----------+

    +----------+----------------------------+
    | C: | D: (1600MB) } Remove the "New Volume" title string and remove the drive letter D:
    +----------+----------------------------+

    In diskpart.exe (as used in the first operation),
    select the partition number that is D:

    select disk 0
    select partition 4
    set id="de94bba4-06d1-4d40-a16a-bfd50179d6ac"
    gpt attributes=0x8000000000000001
    exit

    Now on your GPT disk, the newly created partition is a Recovery Partition.
    It has an NTFS file system but is otherwise empty. No need to do a
    PBR and deposit crap in there. What a relief.

    Now, with C: booted, you run Setup.exe off the mounted ISO file
    for Win10 22H2 and do a Repair Install. The user gets the best
    control over the Repair Install, by disconnecting the network cable.

    [One of my Repair Installs, tried to stage a 3GB file before it
    would even start unpacking files for the Repair Install. I had to
    shoot it like a dog, and roll back the disk using my huge collection
    of backups. Next attempt at the Repair Install, network cable
    was UNPLUGGED.] Any time one of these goes rogue on you,
    you know what to do... :-)

    For Win11 on a too-old machine, the Repair install would be
    done from my Rufus stick. On Win10, the vanilla ISO file from
    Microsoft is perfect for the job. Right-click the ISO and
    select Mount (if you have Imgburn installed, the option to
    Mount will be removed, with no Imgburn the option to Mount
    is at the very top of the context menu). After the virtual DVD
    shows up, you can run the Setup.exe and do a Repair Install,
    keeping all applications and user data.

    After a few reboots and persistent poking at Windows Update,
    the Enroll tease may come back. No guarantees, but that's the
    best I can do at the moment, as factors affecting this,
    I could not figure it out. If you get the "some things
    are controlled by your organization", that must have something
    to do with it.

    Paul



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  • From ...winston@3:633/10 to All on Mon Oct 13 01:33:39 2025
    Chris wrote:


    I'm fully up to date Win10 Pro 22H2 and supposedly it should be there under Windows Update. How else can I enroll?

    I don't have an MS account (yet) and I'd rather just pay than create a
    login.


    How to force Windows 10 ESU <https://www.askwoody.com/forums/topic/how_to_force_windows_10_esu/>


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  • From Ant@3:633/10 to All on Tue Oct 14 02:27:31 2025
    ...winston <winstonmvp@gmail.com> wrote:
    Chris wrote:


    I'm fully up to date Win10 Pro 22H2 and supposedly it should be there under Windows Update. How else can I enroll?

    I don't have an MS account (yet) and I'd rather just pay than create a login.


    How to force Windows 10 ESU <https://www.askwoody.com/forums/topic/how_to_force_windows_10_esu/>

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  • From ...winston@3:633/10 to All on Tue Oct 14 00:36:12 2025
    Ant wrote:
    ...winston <winstonmvp@gmail.com> wrote:
    Chris wrote:


    I'm fully up to date Win10 Pro 22H2 and supposedly it should be there under >>> Windows Update. How else can I enroll?

    I don't have an MS account (yet) and I'd rather just pay than create a
    login.


    How to force Windows 10 ESU
    <https://www.askwoody.com/forums/topic/how_to_force_windows_10_esu/>

    "Not Found

    Sorry, but you are looking for something that is not here."

    Works fine in Edge, Chrome, and Firefox

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