There were some new updates that were successfully installed the last time I rebooted (after I uninstalled Zone Alarm). However, there are still 3 Important Updates that keep failing installation even now.
No apologies needed. It is great that you are very responsive and thorough. In the Windows Update section, the person helping me out with SFC errors took up to 5 days for a response, so I welcome this change.
Thanks for your research on Speccy. Hopefully it is a benign occurrence as you believe.