Originally Posted by
Octane
Thanks for the replies. So it's confirmed I'm powerless to stop Microsoft meddling with my computer?
Not entirely. You can set a Group Policy to block if you have W10 Pro. There is also a MS utility called Wushowhide that you can use to prevent installation of MS driver updates (which has caused me all kinds of problems and re-installs on multiple occasions). I was able to fend off the 1703 Creator's Update for 6 months until the Meltdown patches. Below are a couple of links which you might find useful.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/...ling-in-window
https://www.howtogeek.com/224471/how...ading-updates/