I thought i posted the steps i took to resolve, if it doesnt show up ill repost.
After the update failed to install
Disabling firewall (suggested by googling the error code. see below on how to find error code)
Bottom left corner of my screen in the TYPE HERE TO SERACH box i typed
Firewall.
- the search highlighted Windows Defender firewall click it.
- Windows defender firewall window will open
- on the left side of the window you will see Control Pane Home (very top), on the left side of window one of the options will be Turn Windows Defender On or Off click it.
- Customize settings (firewall) window will open
- Turn off Windows Defender Firewall for Private network and Public network settings. ( DONT FORGET TO TURN FIREWALL BACK ON for both private and public settings after the updates are completed.)
Checking for updates
- bottom left corner of my screen in the TYPE HERE TO SERACH box i typed check for updates.
- the search highlights Check For Updates system settings and click it.
- a settings window will open with Windows Updates.
- here you should see the error code in red (in my case) to why the Windows Updates failed.
- i googled the error.
It was suggested that the error is because i did not have enough space in my download folder. (I have mapped my download folder to my secondary drive for efficiency).
- removed old files (about 20gb) that were not needed any longer on my secondary drive where my Download folder is located.
Other suggestions by googling the error code.
install
.Net updates first.
Checking and installing windows updates.
- the search highlights Check For Updates system settings and click it.
- open the settings window Windows Updates. (as described above).
- click check for updates
- in my case windows found two updates one of them was a .Net update the other was a much larger update.
- monitor the downloads
- windows downloaded and installed the .Net update and now was in a Pending stage. I had to restart windows for the .Net update to finish installation. the other update being much larger was still downloading and at about 10% so i had a bit of a wait before the second update was downloaded. this gave me the opportunity to install one update at a time.
- under the .Net update there was the option of restarting to complete the installation of the update.
- restarted windows to complete .Net update. (about 1 min with an ssd)
- after restart, open the settings window Windows Updates. (as described above), other updates will continue to download.
- monitor updates and restart windows as each update is pending a restart to complete installation.
( DONT FORGET TO TURN FIREWALL BACK ON for both private and public settings after the updates are completed.)
Thank you again to everyone that posted on this issue.
I hope someone can resolve a similar update error.