Spent many hours trying to fix a corrupted registry database gleaning advice here and from MSFT community boards and elsewhere and in the end re-installing Windows 8 was the only thing that worked.
I suppose that if I had a lot of programs and files installed it would have been a tougher decision, but there really was not that much.
Updates finally all installed successfully and waiting for the 8.1.
If Win8 continues to create problems periodically I am going Win 7 or Linux.
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