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Also ran into this problem and associated frustrations; like others reinstalling/repairing/updating made no difference. Was resigned to wait out the 8-20 hours after seeing your encouraging post. On a whim opted to do a comprehensive disk clean up using using the integrated tool including nearly everything else listed under "Clean up system files". The Windows update reconciliation took an inordinate amount of time given the fresh install status. However, when complete the system responded as normal. Elapsed time <1 hour. Might have been coincidental but thought I would post findings (err...1 data point) here as a possible aid to others.