It's okay. I have to let go of this for the day anyway. I simply don't have the stamina to plow my way through all of the technical jargon and instructions to get anywhere. So much of it is beyond my meager capabilities.
I'm beginning to think that the problem lies in the fact that Windows 10 hasn't yet downloaded and installed all of the available updates for this computer.
Like I said, I keep going in there and trying to manually update. Sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't. I guess I'll just keep trying that until there are no more updates available for this build (1809).
maybe soemone has mentioned this already, but if not, if worse comes to worse- do a system rollback if you have that activated- do it to a time before you had the problem
You are missing about 24 updates if youy are at 1809, and the 1903 as the latest, but take a break, and when you come back (we pray, unless by faith Jesus takes you to Heaven) try the update trouble shooter first. Or maybe an online scanner first - if you can.
Windows 10: A guide to the updates First come updates to the currently shipping version of Windows 10 — version 1903, known as the May 2019 Update — with the most recent updates on top. (Note that the May 2019 Update is on a phased rollout, so you may not have received it yet.) Below that are updates to version 1809, known as the October 2018 Update; version 1803, the April 2018 Update; version 1709, the Fall Creators Update; and finally updates to version 1703, the Creators Update. For each build, we’ve included the date of its initial release and a link to Microsoft’s announcement about it.
Release date: August 30, 2019
This update fixes a wide variety of minor bugs, including an issue that prevented Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) from running automated forensic data collection when using registry-based proxy configuration, and another that displayed a black screen when Remote Desktop was used to connect to a machine running Windows 10, version 1903.
There is one known issue in this build: On devices that have disabled web search via Windows Desktop Search, search may not return any results and may have high CPU usage.
(Get more info about KB4512941.)