Update:
With some trepidation yesterday, after almost a week after the next ‘2nd Tuesday Windows Update’, I decided after a backup to let my System update - thankfully, it loaded all the latest updates and booted fine.
I noticed that the falling update from August, 2021-08 update named “Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 21H1 for x64-based Systems” (KB5005533), was no longer referenced. Instead the same “update name” for September was now 2021-09 (KB5005565).
I can only assume this is the same ‘device compatibility’ issue I faced in June and then again in August?
From a few posts I’ve seen I think before I let each 2nd Tuesday update install, tend to see this on the Wednesday in the UK, I’ll make sure I have the latest updates for my graphics card and other complex items like sound card etc…
I guess others hit the same issue and this got to Microsoft and/or device manufacturers or some process between Microsoft and device manufacturers fixed it?
It certainly seems odd that last year I had no issues like this and now with no hardware changes it’s occurred three times since June?