Remote Exchange Management Console "W3SVC isn't running on any Exhange servers in site" and always shows older version after SP2 or SP3 installed

I'm trying to use EMC on a computer to remotely manage Exchange 2010 without having to do from the actual Exchange servers.
First off, upgrading, uninstalling or installing EMC always fails on "Stopping" services. Seams to be a pretty common problem, but no clear fix other than deleting the registry entry (HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\ExchangeServer) and the
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server" folder. I'm guessing this is a bug since there should not be any Exchange services that need to be stopped on a computer where I'm just trying to use the EMC tool to manage Exchange.
Next, is where when I open EMC I get "The World Wide Web Publishing Service (W3SVC) isn't running on any Exchange servers in the site. If you want to connect to Remote PowerShell, this service must be running. Make sure that the W3SVC is running on
at least one Exchange server." From all the reading I am pretty sure that this is due to the Exchange servers being on one version and EMC I'm trying to use is another version.
This is the version our Exchange Servers are on:
ProductVersion   FileVersion      FileName
14.02.0375.000   14.02.0375.000   C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V14\bin\ExSetup.exe
Which finally brings me to the part where no matter what SP I install to run EMC it always shows:
ProductVersion   FileVersion      FileName
14.01.0218.015   14.01.0218.015   C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V14\bin\ExSetup.exe
I've tried SP2, and even SP3 hopeing that an even newer version would let me connect to Exchange, but no matter what it always shows the 14.01 version above.
I've also tried installing "Exchange2010-KB2874216-x64-en" which should be the same version we are on (Update Rollup 7 for Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 2), but get a Windows Installer Error stating, "The upgrade patch cannot be installed
by the Windows Installer service because the program to be upgraded may be missing, or the upgrade patch may update a different version of the program." This Error probably makes sense if no matter what I do I'm stuck with a version prior to SP2.
Any ideas?

Hi,
From your description, I would like to clarify the following things:
1. Make sure the World Wide Web Publishing Service is running in Exchange server.
2. Ensure that the account you use to open EMC is a member of Organization Management role group.
3. Based on my knowledge, the error "The upgrade patch cannot be installed by the Windows Installer service because the program to be upgraded may be missing, or the upgrade patch may update a different version of the program." occurs if you install
the RU for a different SP. Please re-download the Service Pack 2 and install it on the remote computer since it hasn't been installed successfully from the above information.
What's more, here is a similar thread for your reference.
Unable to install Update Rollup 4 for Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 2
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/exchange/en-US/677c21ed-e125-41c1-a468-c268e1f21f8e/unable-to-install-update-rollup-4-for-exchange-server-2010-service-pack-2?forum=exchange2010
Hope this can be helpful to you.
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