Okay, Here is where I'm afraid I expose my complete stupidity with computer "stuff".
I was trying to retrace my steps to a date when the Windows Updates stopped updating.
If this is the cause of the problem, I know you guys will be rolling your eyes at me.
Every week I run 'Super-Anti Spyware' and it almost always finds up to 10 or more "tracking cookies", and then I let it "quarantine" them.
Last week sometime, I downloaded Firefox Browser just to give it a try. But right after that I noticed something new in the program list called "Pure Leads".
Since I did not download it or know what it was I "Deleted it with 'Revo Uninstaller'.
Now, the next time I ran Super Anti-Spyware....It showed "90" tracking cookies!
And so.....I let it "Quarantine" them. Right after that is when I started having these update problems.
Could that be the cause? Should I go back and restore?