[mothered]

Something I started thinking about while sitting here watching the update process. Whenever it is running the pre-install stuff, it checks for Windows updates. I wonder if this could possibly be the reason for the issue I'm having? Is there any way to stop it from checking and/or trying to download and install any other updates from Windows while I'm trying to install the update to the OS?

Is there any way to stop it from checking and/or trying to download and install any other updates from Windows while I'm trying to install the update to the OS?

To the best of my knowledge, I don't believe there Is.

Try performing a Windows update first (exhausting every possible update), and then update the OS version.