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On 31 Dec 2024 20:45:03 GMT, Frank Slootweg wrote:

>   And FTR, in 20+ years I've had only one case - on only one of two
> systems - where Windows Update was somwhat messed up. Not broken, but
> re-offering already installed updates, so I wanted to clean it up.

You're volunteering to be a beta tester but I had a machine on the 
Insiders releases. About the time they juggled the developers and canary 
classifications it would repeatedly try to update and fail. I was not the 
only person affected. There was no path forward other than a complete 
reinstall.

I have been to the point where you need to stop the updater service and 
blow away the Software Update directory before restarting the service a 
couple of times. Not a big deal but not something Aunt Tilly is going to 
figure out without a visit by the Geek Squad.