Something wrong with updates I think

Hello. I recently switched my parents' computer from Windows Vista to Zorin. The switch took place approximately a month ago. In that time, I've only updated the computer once, and here's where the problem is occurring.

For some reason, in all this time, I have not seen a single new update, at least for the most part. The window did open up at one point with new updates, but they wouldn't install for some reason; they'd just hang. It might have been due to poor internet. But then when I rebooted to try to fix the internet issue, the updates no longer show up, and I have no idea if they were installed or not.

Is there something wrong with this computer's update manager? Shouldn't I have gotten at least a few updates within the month? And is there any way to check to see if those updates had indeed installed? I know another Linux distro I tried has an update history, but I don't know if Zorin has one or not.

Thanks in advance.

You can also run "dpkg" in the recovery menu which should install any updates!!. (does not work with Wifi at this level, you must have a cable network connection!)

Regards Wolfman

Thanks for the help.

I checked the Log File Viewer, and if I'm looking at it right, the computer seems to be updating without notification. I see a list of updates and different dates. Not sure if that means if it's installed or not.