[tbelldesignco]

What a coincidence @tbelldesignco  That was the exact point where I changed back to Windows 7.  One of the updates caused my Thinkpad Laptop screen to go black.  When I Googled it I found that this issue was all over.  So Microsoft must know there is an issue as it was even documented at their support discussion forum.  I then accepted that I'll never get away with hardware that isn't compatible with Windows 10.

@sagher has given me a good pointer though.  To just turn Windows 10 updates off.  That is also something I found, like hundreds of quality tutorials how to turn off updates permanently.  I don't think we're the exception here.  There are many MANY users who are very frustrated with Windows 10 updates.

The fact one can do it though - fiddle with the Windows 10 settings, probably is a testimony to how leaky and inferior Windows 10 updates are from a technical point of view.  Marketing wise Windows 10 has the whole world at its feet.  And probably keeping every one at its feet with having a leaky OS that requires an infinite number of updates all of the time.  And not really caring that so many systems can't work with all of the updates.  Like probably looking at failed instances of the updates as collateral damage only.

Yes, that is part of the reason that I went back to Mac too is that I know my updates will work, often times, with out an issue as Apple is constantly curating their updates to work with 1) its hardware or hardware it has hand selected to be in its products and 2) out moded machines will still get supplemental updates that are guaranteed to work with their machines. I see why people choose to opt for windows, but for me and what I do macOS was always the best product especially with the ecosystem integration they are working so hard for that I could see M1/M1X Macs in the future having more integration with my iPhone, Apple Watch, iPad and AppleTVs now that the silicone and software are designed by Apple with the only limitations being what their Silicone Engineers and Development teams can think of.