Windows Update Mimics Malware

[CCoburn]

Control your own systems folks.

Can't you disable windows updates for everyday use and then close everything at a certain time to then re-enable updates to let it do it's thing? Then, the next time you turn on the system, disable updates again until you are prepared to do the whole rigmaroll again?

I know many things these days will only run on the latest windows operating system but I still do fine with Windows 7 pro 64bit and there are no more updates and I turned them off years ago pretty much after the initial install.

On Windows 10 you can pause the updates for up to 35 days and then they are automatically re-enabled.

I optimize my PC maybe once or twice a year by eliminating unused apps, disabling unnecessary processes, and cleaning up the HD. Aside from that I'm not much of a nanny to MS's OS, but sure, I may be 'forced' to look into something if it becomes too much of a problem.

I also optimize the BIOS boot time on occasion and some of the above helps with the OS boot time; other times I may not do anything for a while and contract squeaky wheel syndome as a prelude - like now.

I know there were some that despised Windows 10 and resorted back to their prior OS, and sometimes I think if things get any worse I might switch over to Linux, but I never do. I did use Linux once a couple decades ago and they did have a couple of GUI's to choose from similar to Windows.