Windows 8.1 hangs on signing out when updates need installed

I'm hoping somebody can offer a viable solution here because I'm tearing my hair out. I have 30 computers all randomly doing this...once in a while a standard user will log out and the system will sit for hours showing "signing out".
Once I'm made aware of it I'll hold the power button to shut it down, and when I turn it back on it starts installing updates. Some of the fixes I've tried:
1. Ran a checkdisk
2. Ran a SFC /scannow
3. Tried the Selective Startup/clean boot troubleshooting method, however since this happens during updates, and since the updates complete after the hard reboot troubleshooting is much more difficult.
4. Did a full refresh of Windows 8.1
None of these fixes helped. I did notice that after these problems occur MSCONFIG shows that the system is in "selective startup mode" even though I've manually set them to normal startup.

I haven't had to go through the following sequence myself, but have read from others that it performs a thorough cleanup of the servicing database:
net stop wuauserv
cd %systemroot%\SoftwareDistribution
ren Download Download.old
net start wuauserv
net stop bits
net start bits
net stop cryptsvc
cd %systemroot%\system32
ren catroot2 catroot2old
net start cryptsvc
sfc /scannow
DISM /Online /Get-Packages /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth
sfc /scannow
The key to this sequence appears to be the local clearing of data and the /Get-Packages switch refreshing everything from Microsoft's online source.
Again, I can't personally vouch for the efficacy of the above command set, but it might be something to try if you come up short.
-Noel
Detailed how-to in my eBooks:
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