Hi Janeane,
I was able to get the troublesome updates to install by downloading them and applying them as stand-alone updates instead of using Windows Update. My system is now completely current on updates and patches. The optical disc drive is still not working. I did notice the following information for the installed driver:
Current driver is: C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\cdrom.sys
Provider: Microsoft
Driver Date: 6/21/2006
Driver version: 10.0.16299.15 (WinBuild 160101.0800)
It seems very unusual that the driver is so old? And, I was curious about it being a 32-bit driver?
Anyway, just a thought...
Is there anything else we might try?
Thank you,
Mike DiSante