Forget it.
Clean start>>failed
Upgrade repair install>>failed
Suggestions from Microsoft support>>failed
Update troubleshooter>>failed
Screwing around with updater worker>>failed
Whatever else>>failed failed failed
I'll figure it out. If I say my computer cant check for updates, why does solution 1 through 100 involve checking for updates. Why is it so complicated and error prone to reinstall a fresh working version of windows.
- if you have started an in-place upgrade repair install, you must have one of those already, starting the process by running setup.exe from either the mounted iso, or the installation medium.Im thinking perhaps ill try again with an 'ISO' or 'USB installation media',
Sois puzzling, and doesn't make sense I'm afraid.I presume that 1 or both of those options will bypass the 'checking for updates phase'.
Yes, you don't have to accept udpdates as part of the procedure- that's a matter of responding apropriately to the relevant prompt.
If you are happy to do a clean install, you can of course. Make sure you have backed up everything, as that process requires you to delete ALL partitions (typically 4 for a UEFI installation) created by Windows when it was installed. (You can of course keep any data partitions you have created.
Note that using disk imaging routinely can help give you a quick way to recover from difficulties like this, back to a working state, without technical help, even if your disk has to be replaced. Should you do a clean install, that's one thing to start doing as early as you can.
Clean Install Windows 10 | Tutorials
Note you can get build 1809; 1903 or whatever it will be won't be for a few weeks, I'd guess. And best not to take the first offering from MS anyway!
You can also create a disk image of what you have now- that acts as a full backup so you can retrieve any file you need.
E.g. Macrium Reflect - free- plus external storage.
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