Windows 10: Today 04-MAR Office 2019 Update taking forever, failing, repeat

Today Office 2019 shows "Updates available". Click to update, and process starts. ("You can carry on working" etc etc - I never do, I wait for the update to complete.) Today the progress bar (while, it's not a progress bar, it's a slider equivalent of a rotating eggtimer) runs and runs way beyond the usual 20-40 seconds. When it stops, the message remails: "Updates available". Repeat.
Desperately hoping (unkindly) that others are similarly situated, and it's not just my system, perfect till today.
EditionWindows 10 Pro
Version20H2
Installed on‎04/‎10/‎2020
OS build19042.844
ExperienceWindows Feature Experience Pack 120.2212.551.0

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Today 04-MAR Office 2019 Update taking forever, failing, repeat

Today Office 2019 shows "Updates available". Click to update, and process starts. ("You can carry on working" etc etc - I never do, I wait for the update to complete.) Today the progress bar (while, it's not a progress bar, it's a slider equivalent of a rotating eggtimer) runs and runs way beyond the usual 20-40 seconds. When it stops, the message remails: "Updates available". Repeat.
Desperately hoping (unkindly) that others are similarly situated, and it's not just my system, perfect till today.
Edition Windows 10 Pro
Version 20H2
Installed on ‎04/‎10/‎2020
OS build 19042.844
Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 120.2212.551.0

 

Office 2019

Only supported on Win10. Sorry, 8.1 users, only 4 years old, gotta go.

Microsoft Office 2019 will only work on Windows 10

https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com...-to-office-and-windows-servicing-and-support/

Spoiler Office 2019
Last year at Ignite, we announced Office 2019 – the next perpetual version of Office that includes apps (including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook, and Skype for Business) and servers (including Exchange, SharePoint, and Skype for Business). Today we’re pleased to share the following updates:

• Office 2019 will ship in H2 of 2018. Previews of the new apps and servers will start shipping in the second quarter of 2018.
• Office 2019 apps will be supported on:
  • Any supported Windows 10 SAC release
  • Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 2018
  • The next LTSC release of Windows Server
• The Office 2019 client apps will be released with Click-to-Run installation technology only. We will not provide MSI as a deployment methodology for Office 2019 clients. We will continue to provide MSI for Office Server products.

 

Today 04-MAR Office 2019 Update taking forever, failing, repeat

I assume that your Office 2019 is showing "Product Activated"?