All the computers are now fine. I run Windows 10 Pro and have updates
paused so I can do the updates manually using the cumulative updates from
the catalog. This allows me to download and apply the updates to more than
one computer. Plus the updates normally seem to go better.

Bill

Paul wrote:
Bill Bradshaw wrote:
Thanks. It gave a message it could not update my version so I
rebooted and somethings happened and I ended up with the same OS
Build number you have so it must have updated in spite of the
message. Love windows update. Bill

Are you telling us, you attempted a "race condition" ???

Your machine had downloaded and queued up the Cumulative for the
month.
Then, you went to catalog.update.microsoft.com and downloaded
a 700MB Cumulative .msu, double clicked it and it said
the update "was not appropriate" or the like. Because it
was blocked by the pending status of the very same update
already queued for you to reboot. And yet there was absolutely
no notification a reboot was required ?

Or something like that.

Shirely the machine provided feedback while all this was happening.

Were you looking in the Windows Update panel
at the time, for inspiration ?

What did it say ?

There's a lot missing from your story of daring-do.
Did you nudge it with your hip, trying to get a
free game ? Did you lose your quarter ? Enquiring minds...

Paul