If you suspect the local agent is the problem, a "hard reset" usually does the trick. Run these commands in an elevated Command Prompt: net stop wuauserv (Stops the update service) net stop bits (Stops the background transfer service)
Further investigation revealed that the administrator had not been following the company's patch management policy, which required that all security patches be applied within a certain timeframe. The administrator had also not been monitoring the server's patch status regularly, and had not received notifications from the patch management tool when new patches were released. os security patch assessment failed