Despite these patches, problems with the update still remain.
As, I have always enabled automatic update, this not receiving any update seemed suspicious to me. It just checking for without any result like being in an infinite loop.
But that doesn't make any effect in checking for updates.
Important: You may see the above screen sit for a long while, maybe 20 minutes or more.
Hold off on the reaction to force a restart because your computer appears hung, even if the hard drive activity light stays solid or is off.