If Microsoft would just fix things, fine, but they don't. I can put it back where it was, but they change the rake too and it takes me weeks to not quite get it back to how it was but close enough to stop feeling like something is wrong. Actually, I hate taking my car into a garage because the blighters move the seat. Microsofts updates often break things and change things so you're always aware that you're using the OS, much like if the car manufacturer nipped into my garage one night and changed the wheel to a lever. Similarly, I don't want to be thinking this is a right click or drag'n'hold or whatever, I want it to just happen. Go round this corner? Done, I don't have to think that I need to turn the wheel a bit - no! a bit more! oh, too much - it's a sub-conscious thing. I'm thinking about what I want to achieve, not the mechanics of doing that. The other is that I prefer to use my computers just like I drive a car - that is, I don't think about it. Or tried - it decided it's going to install some update, so I couldn't put it away until that had done it's stuff. I ran up my laptop yesterday to quickly check out some stuff then shut it down. It's a great tool in the box and I use it daily (Debian fanboy), but it does NOT belong in a normal business environment for anything else than servers. And lastly: I can understand if you want Linux. The most useful command you'll ever need to know.
Group policies can also be slipstreamed as a file during installation so there's no need to do it manually. Windows Antivirus junk -Also group policies. You can then fiddle in group policies to disable the store and the ability to run any apps at all. Don't want the annoying apps? -Slipstream a script during installation and it won't install them. My machines are configured to ONLY update when I chose to).
I can understand if you don't want them to run during business hours (something that is also configurable in group policies. Pro and higher: I do find the reluctance to update really stupid if I'm honest here. If you really want to lock down EVERYTHING you can throw blocks in the HOSTS file (or just block it in your company firewall).
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