KenEverett
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I have adopted a fairly old IT philosophy of 'If its not broken, don't fix it' when it comes to Windows 10.
After all, the only 'valuable' stuff on your computer are documents and emails which you spent time on - if these are 'lost' there is a cost to recover this data.
So - for the past number of years I have:
a) Done regular, automated backups (the backup drive is 'hidden' from Windows when not being used to backup data')
b) Completely disabled Windows updates
- set the services start value to '4'
- set all permissions on the 4 relevant services to 'deny'
- uninstalled Windows Update Assistant
- set all permissions on the C:\Windows10Upgrade folder to 'deny'
- disabled all triggers for Windows Update\Orchestrator in Task Scheduler
c) Employed a trusted antivirus + antimalware solution
Once a year I format\reload the latest version of Windows.
This not only speeds up the computer but the 2 hours this takes is nothing compared to the many hours lost to updates\broken updates\update rollbacks\post update fixes that are now the norm with Windows10.
After all, the only 'valuable' stuff on your computer are documents and emails which you spent time on - if these are 'lost' there is a cost to recover this data.
So - for the past number of years I have:
a) Done regular, automated backups (the backup drive is 'hidden' from Windows when not being used to backup data')
b) Completely disabled Windows updates
- set the services start value to '4'
- set all permissions on the 4 relevant services to 'deny'
- uninstalled Windows Update Assistant
- set all permissions on the C:\Windows10Upgrade folder to 'deny'
- disabled all triggers for Windows Update\Orchestrator in Task Scheduler
c) Employed a trusted antivirus + antimalware solution
Once a year I format\reload the latest version of Windows.
This not only speeds up the computer but the 2 hours this takes is nothing compared to the many hours lost to updates\broken updates\update rollbacks\post update fixes that are now the norm with Windows10.