Off and on for the past 12 months, I have tried to upgrade my current OS 1909 to the latest version without success. My Dell laptop is now 5 1/2 years old. I wouldn't care so much about this except that as this version ages without any further updates, will it be more venerable to infection even though I use Windows Defender and Malwarebytes.
In the past, I normally waited to upgrade to the next version as the current version got closer to the its expiration but since the end of 2020, I have been unable to do this via the normal Windows Update in Settings which is stuck with the following notification "Your device is missing important security and quality fixes.". It have had no problem installing 1909 updates so it is up to date. I tried troubleshooting window update and found no problems. I also tried several times including today using Windows 10 Update Assistance which appears to complete normally and get the final screen "Your Update is ready. Your PC needs to restart to complete the update". While the laptop reboots more slower than normal, there are NO messages you normally get when updating windows and of course the version does not change.
Any thoughts?
In the past, I normally waited to upgrade to the next version as the current version got closer to the its expiration but since the end of 2020, I have been unable to do this via the normal Windows Update in Settings which is stuck with the following notification "Your device is missing important security and quality fixes.". It have had no problem installing 1909 updates so it is up to date. I tried troubleshooting window update and found no problems. I also tried several times including today using Windows 10 Update Assistance which appears to complete normally and get the final screen "Your Update is ready. Your PC needs to restart to complete the update". While the laptop reboots more slower than normal, there are NO messages you normally get when updating windows and of course the version does not change.
Any thoughts?