Windows 10: odd EVENT Errors After MS Tuesday Update on January 14, 2020.

Windows 10x64 v.1909 Build 18363.592

My PC accepted the monthly Tuesday updates from MS on 01.14.2020. The Event Viewer showed some odd Errors thereafter. The Service Control Manager experienced numerous Errors 7000 and 7009.
7000 description: failed to start due to the following error: The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion.
7009 description:timeout (1572864 milliseconds) while waiting for the Browser service to connect.
I had no luck finding remedial information on Google as the two errors above kept occurring.
My search on TenForums did not lead to any remedial suggestions.

I noticed that W10 Service entitled 'Browser' was not running despite being setup to automatically START on boot. The only error message was "<Failed to Read Description. Error Code: 2 >".(The executable for Service is C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs -p.) Although the Service is entitled Browser", I don't think it has anything to do with my choice to use the current Google Chrome browser build.

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thank you.

:)

 

Windows 8 and updates after January 14, 2020

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Windows 7 support will end on January 14, 2020

Windows 7 support will end on January 14, 2020. After that, technical assistance and software updates from Windows Update that help protect your PC will no longer be available for the product. While you could continue to use your
PC running Windows 7, without continued software and security updates, it will be at greater risk for viruses and malware. Microsoft strongly recommends that you move to a new PC running Windows 10 sometime before January 2020 to avoid a situation where you
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Want to learn more about Windows 7 end of support? Check out these
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I'm having difficulty explaining what I'm wanting to ask here so please bear with me!

I know that no new updates are being produced after the End Of Service date. But can I still get all the updates up until 14 January 2020? I suppose what I'm asking is does the Windows Update service stop completely - or does it continue providing the updates
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