Tried the whole process from the Start icon again (a day later) AND it actually worked !!!
But, is there something amiss that leaves "Windows Update" out of the taskbar selection?
Is this going to be a common practice, to perform updates many times before success?
P.S.: Secunia is also having trouble updating Adobe Air 3.x, Microsoft Process Explorer 15.x, Microsoft Xml Core Services (MSXML) 4.x, and Oracle Java JRE 1.7 x / 7.x
it almost seems that I have all the updates but Secunia and my Windows Update is not seeing that I have them? I see similar programs in my "Programs and Features". Or even ones that seem newer than what Secunia is looking for.
I will see if Secunia requires an update and I will run the Secunia program again......