how to properly install them - eg: interactive, silent, special commands & how?

Thanks all for your comments so far. Could you address my last question shown again above in the event I...

Forgive all the questions, but I have not done this before and need some help understanding the process.

My system is custom built by Maingear in 3/2018 and the ASUS Mob has all the original...

When using Windows 10 built in back up program to make an image, can Windows Defender continue to run or should it be turned off during the process?

I have been making image backups with WD...

Brink,
Very good info but I'm a bit confused about how you install Windows 10 in UEFI mode vs Legacy Bios mode.
And GPT vs MBR partitions.

Isn't there more that has to be done in the MOBO...

Dalchina, thanks for you reply and detail.

OK so for 3 weeks now I have had my Windows 10 Pro set for Notify in Group Policy, defer feature updates for 365 days, defer quality updates for 30 days,...

Thanks, but I think I have most of the typical preventative options collected.

Was just trying to see if this could be a "last chance" option to add to the arsenal.

The question still remains unanswered:

"Can the Pause button (not previously set), stop (pause) a download in progress?"

Thx

May be presumptuous of me since I am new to Windows 10, but via Group Policy I have set Updates to Notify for download and install.

:arrow: Enable or Disable Windows Update Automatic Updates in...

Regarding use of the Pause button:

I have Window 10 Pro x65 1709 - if say a quality update deferral period has lapsed or you decided to manually reset it to allow the updates, but then by watching...

I still would like to see an indepth discussion on each and every item I show.
Are any redundant with any others?
How many of them need to be set?
Do they change the update screen(s) in any way?...

ThrashZone thanks for the reply, but I was hoping for a much more robust discussion of how the Group settings duplicate or compliment the Main settings - which as far as I can tell do nothing to stop...

Hello all, have been a user with old Windows 7, now learning Windows 10 Pro x64 version 1709 (fully updated at this time as a new computer) and I am slightly confused with all the ways to stop,...