I did not end up whitelisting it. I had already switched over to using FlyOOBE to upgrade from an ISO file by the time I figured out what had caused the issue, and I had also upgraded the last remaining upgradable Win 10 system using the ISO file by then too.    I haven't ever whitelisted one of the rules like that. I assume you could whitelist it and then remove it from the whitelist after finishing all the upgrades.  ... View more

I'm a little torn on what to mark as a solution. All three answers are correct. There isn't really a way to do what I want in the way I suggested so Phillip's answer is technically correct. Meanwhile Joe's answer would lead me to be able to do what I want but with different hardware. Then there's pjc's answer that seems to be a viable workaround using the hardware I have. Thank you everyone for answering my question from every direction. ... View more