Ham N Egz
I am stuck at version 240 and cannot get the 1511 update, no matter what I try, it fails every method, HOWEVER, reading some horror stories plastered all over the internet, I am glad I cannot update
I've had the same problem with one of my systems, not being able to update to 1511 for a long time. Microsoft Update has in the process caused that system to sometimes make continuous reboots, sometimes only showing a black screen and sometimes actually logging in but refusing to show the start menu, or doing anything at all.
Until now, the temporary fix has always been to roll back to the last restore point. But of course, that's not a long term work-around as Windows 10 soon will make another attempt to make that very same update. And again it will fail.
But today I found a fix on a Microsoft support page that actually worked, at least for me and at least this far. It involves running DISM.EXE and SFC as administrator in a command window before running Microsoft Update. I tried it and two hours later I was actually running 1511.
http://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/947821