Here is a screen clip of the window just before I start the updates: Everything goes ok until ... Note, the task manager shows that MikTeX Console is suspended. I have never managed to get past this ...

Installer : basic-miktex-21.2-x64.exe on Windows 10 Home x64 (Build 19042.867 ( What I Did/Tried/Know -Reinstalled with all the possible combinations of options available ,running the set up as admin ...

The easiest way to get LaTeX working in Windows seems to be the MikTeX system. MikTeX is completely free. If you're using LaTeX for the first time ask someone for an example file to start from, it is ...