For non-Home Basic versions of Windows you can change the policy for this (which I've done, and which works well, for exactly the reasons you've mentioned): ht

For non-Home Basic versions of Windows you can change the policy for this (which I've done, and which works well, for exactly the reasons you've mentioned): https://www.techspot.com/guides/230-prevent-automatic-windows-update-restarts/ https://www.techspot.com/guides/230-prevent-automatic-window... You can also disable Cortana, the telemetry stuff etc. https://blogs.systweak.com/how-to-disable-telemetry-and-data-collection-in-windows-10/ https://blogs.systweak.com/how-to-disable-telemetry-and-data...