Policy on the local machine - or in the case of home, registry settings. Granted, the settings app can bug out, but if it’s a consistent problem, it’s the first thing to come to mind. If you can search for windows update settings, but clicking on it leads to something else, that would be consistent with such a change.




If you don’t have specific application support needs, Debian based distros like Ubuntu/Mint (based on Ubuntu) are good for a first-timer. You won’t have all the GUI management stuff like you get in Windows. You may find Arch a bit more challenging.