KB4093118 no longer in ms updates apr 2018 (SOLVED)

Funny you should ask about this. I have just gone through those 3 updates on an OLDer computer which creaks along with Win 7 Pro. I have it set to do updates automatically. Two days ago when I shut it down, it did an updates install -- the same 3 you mention here.

Yesterday morning, it could not boot up, and gave me the Fix this computer set of choices, including the Restore. I did a restore (prior to the updates)_ and it booted. Last night, when I shut it down, it did the "do not turn me off or pull the plug as Windows is udating..." I left it to do its stuff.

This morning, same Unable to boot. This time I did a memory check, (OK) then ran the same restore as yesterday. No go. So during the day, I did several restores, each one giving a ciriticl failure message.

Finally, when I reached the end of the restore list (a week or so ago) -- same thing, Critical failure. I clicked the Finish button (or something lke that) and went off to supper. When I came back, Windows had magically booted, and was running.

So I checked updates -- apparently it is up to date.

I turned off Automatic Updates, and turned off the scheduled daily shutdown.

The Event log shows this KB40093118 as a failed update (along with the two others you mention). I will ignore them for now.

Next step: (after virus scans and all that) will be an image backup, and a second backup of important data files. Then we will see...

To be continued, I guess!