Good stuff, my MDL friends. Let's keep the discussion going. I think we're going to make some progress here.
Well, perhaps not many end users but power users and/or IT pros which provide service to those end users. Just like me. I've faced many machines with OEM Windows which don't have group policy editor, so it's a pita trying to do some tweaks or establish policies to work within a soho. Some will say: oh just upgrade to a higher edition. But is not an easy solution due to many factors, most important is to preserve OEM activation. Many end user don't want to purchase a retail for Pro edition for financial reasons, you know. Okay this is my last reply on this off-topic, let's get back on-topic.
The more I think about this, the more I feel like multiple windows update control methods are necessary. Like windows 7 loaders (Daz won that one) and various windows and office KMS solutions, no single update control method seems to be the best for everyone at this time. Maybe I should just rename this thread to, "Methods to deal with windows updates." Then when Windows 10 morphs in several seemingly endless forms over the years, and the smoke begins to clear, we will then see what method is best. Thanks for everyone's input.
I like that idea. I put a lot of effort into heldigard's kms mini/micro/nano etc, but I'm not so wedded to that method that I don't think codyqx4's MTK is an extremely elegant solution, right up there with daz's loader. I do think that we should try find a way to keep the discussion away from the development posts, even if we have to copy and paste the latter to a separate thread just for the record. It's a significant task to wade through pages of redundant discussion to find and follow the key development posts. ...T
Stupid me, that's why my name is Tonto and you did it much more elegantly than I did as Homer would say DOH ...T