No matter WHAT I do, Win10 STILL installs “updates” even though I’ve turned them off, set it to never check and everything else.
It just does what it wants, when it wants.
I fecking HATE this OS.
It's a damn shame, too, because under all the crap, the basic underlying OS is actually very good. But it's hidden.
Microsoft's motivation for forcing updates -could- have been positive -- we're improving security and we want you to have all the latest bug fixes and patches -- but while that's part of it I don't believe it's the primary reason. They're in control and they want you to know it.
I find their alleged friendly phrasings ("Hi, we'll be just another minute") to be snarky and condescending. "Attention, Comrade User, you will wait patiently until we are done with this computer" would be so much more honest.
When "My Computer" became "This PC" I knew the charade was over.