Monday, February 20, 2017 7:37 AMThanks for the suggestion. I'd already done it but tried again just now: it always fails to fix the Windows Update database. I'd also tried the steps at https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/971058/how-do-i-reset-windows-update-components (...
I am back to thinking it's linked to a clock issue (ref:https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-update/error-code-0x80072f8f/d5006dbe-5946-4d68-8f08-8620eeb65efd?auth=1), with no idea on how to solve it, as the clock is correct. But, as a shot in the ...