I don't use windows as much I used to anymore, but this is my experience as well. Mainly, been using linux for the past 4 years. However, I say part of the pro

I don't use windows as much I used to anymore, but this is my experience as well. Mainly, been using linux for the past 4 years. However, I say part of the problem is that windows updates are pushed out in a big blob instead the update being pushed in a more granular fashion. This ends up in with sometimes an update containing files or setting for something you removed. There is no reason it has be like this, but that is how updates work on windows, and I don't think Microsoft is going to change that any time soon. I am imagine in theory it would be possible for a community to break down each update into smaller discrete chunks. However, the community would have to be a decent size and dedicated enough to keep up with the rate MS rolls out updates. Also there some things like Edge and Cortana that current day windows is not very happy with if you nuke it from the system.