I'm John an Independent Advisor and a Microsoft user like you. I understand you want to know how to switch from 1909 to 2004 without using the update assistant. There's three methods to do this. 1. Go to Update and Security then Download the Feature update 2004. 2. Download a Windows 10 2004 ISO file using the media creation tool More @Wikipedia
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