I don't know where to turn. I wrote a scathing Email to them yesterday. They are sitting right there where the creators of this mess are located.
I had an installation media thumb drive with the previous version. All the way through it was reporting it was installing the previous version, but somewhere in the process it updated to version 2004. So now that is useless. I plan to annoy them as much as possible. I suggest that you call
Microsoft support at 206-429-9176 with a complaint. After you get out of the voicemail jail and speak to a warm body, they should assign you a case number. That will give you access for further pressure to come up with a patch. Good luck and please let me know if you have any success.
Thanks. Richard J