RuntimeBroker.exe message - The group or resource is not in the correct state to perform the requested operation

[Guest RTan2010]

I turned on my HP 15 laptop after no touching it for over 4 months. It booted up successfully on Windows 10, and underwent a series of updates (and several reboots/restarts) that took well over 4 hours. It seemed like with each reboot and new set of updates, the laptop was getting better and better, and faster in response too.Finally, came the update to Windows 21H2 -- this took another hour or so, and it finally came up!I waited a few minutes, then tried first to check the Update History. Now, I can no longer get to that screen that Checks for New Updates, or View Update History, or Pause,

 

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