Sibro, I really appreciate your help, but I'm afraid your comment about checking the MSA linked to the WIP is a bit too cryptic for me to understand - please pardon my ignorance. I've been doing Windows updates here since Oct. 2014 with no problems so has MS changed something I don't know about? I assume WIP stands for Windows Insider Program, but does MSA stand for MS agreement that we signed up years ago? I was in the DEV channel until Win 11 came out, then MS changed me to the Beta channel. Has something else changed? I didn't get any notice that it had.
I've searched through Settings and I'm sorry to appear so helpless, but I can't find where I look to see what channel I'm in to verify if I'm still in Beta. Help! TIA