Troubleshoot Windows updates after an in place upgrade repair

Ran resetwueng in safe mode.
Ran again in safe mode with networking.
Ran again in normal boot.

The first cleared all pending downloads.
And displayed last attempt yesterday.

The normal boot displayed updates failed.
Running the tool again displayed 6 pending updates.

It was ran again and displays:
Updates failed
Last checked: Today , 310 PM
There were problems installing some updates, but we'll try again later.

The metered connection was turned off and there was no change using the tool.

There are 6 updates displaying Status: Pending download

Security Intelligence Update for Microsoft Defender Antivirus - KB2267602 (Version 1.331.72.0)
Security Update for Windows 10 Version 1909 for x64-based Systems (KB4535680)
HP Development Company, L.P. - System - 7.0.18.1
2020-10 Update for Windows 10 Version 1909 for x64-based Systems (KB4023057)
2020-10 Microsoft Edge Update for Windows 10 Version 1909 for x64-based Systems (KB4584229)
HP - HIDClass - 5/10/2018 12:00:00 AM - 2.1.4.1

The tool was ran in safe mode.
On reboot it displayed You're up to date last checked: Today, 7:52 PM
Check for updates

Clicking Check for updates displayed Updates available last checked: Today, 8:07 PM

There were 6 updates displaying Status: Pending download

Do you have any other laptops or PC's connected to your router? Are they getting the windows updates? If not then it points to problems external to the laptop.

You have lived with this problem for a very long time - there is a very long gap between the recorded updates on your system.

Other laptops are functioning without acute problems.
The problems had occurred with this laptop after weather changes.
There were multiple power outages and the laptop did not have an attached battery.
An automatic chkdsk repair was the first problem that was noticed.
Other problems with net framework, scannow, and restorehealth were fixed with multiple in place upgrade repair attempts.
The last one worked.
So the computer is working fine.
It seems the options are to perform another in place upgrade.
Or wait for the next Windows release and then perform an upgrade.

It seems likely that some corruption of the registry occurred a long time back. I would think the best route is a clean install in which you reformat the hard disks.

When the tool was ran it cleared the pending download entries and displayed windows is up to date.
See post #33.
Clicking check updates starts the failure process.
I'm able to use the computer without checking for updates.
So I'll plan either an in place upgrade repair or upgrade during 21H1.
I'll look at the dism script in post #30.
What potential problems if any when running it?