I wasn't aware of the MS Update Catalog. It's nice to know that it's an option. This does allow installing single updates without using the Microsoft Update cli

I wasn't aware of the MS Update Catalog. It's nice to know that it's an option. This does allow installing single updates without using the Microsoft Update client It's not a long-term solution, though: 1. You need to know the KB article ID of the update you're looking for. And again, the individual update descriptions or KB articles frequently just say "something was fixed" but not what. 2. Some updates will probably fail to install because previous updates to the same component weren't installed. Conversely, updates that just give you the latest version of a file or application might auto-install the older updates you wanted to skip. In any event, even if you successfully skip most updates, the main outcome will be that your system will be that much less secure and easier to take over using published vulns even without a backdoor...