I am waiting for mine to be completed before having anything to say on your issue. That is if I experience the same problem though.
As far as Windows updates go, for a machine that was last patched in July, I have 385MiB of updates (that's with the 171MiB KB2975719) (if I uncheck the stupid Malicious Software Removal Tool, which isn't a real update, it's 356.6MiB). I think most of you getting the huge updates are including Office 2013. Those updates tend to be huge because Microsoft now updates features in Office 2013 (whereas Office 2010 was strictly bug-fix), which means that they are also touching localization/language files (that previously would be untouched for the entire product lifecycle), and those files are huge. So the Office 2013 updates will substantially distort those figures. The actual Windows components being updated are much smaller.
I installed the 169MB + 1.7MB before official release i just checked and got another 192.4MB of updates that covers everything OS, IE, .net, security, and visual studio.
Most of that is Office updates. Since a few months back, they've decided to update nearly every file in Office2013 every month. I really have no idea why, but it's damn annoying.
Installed it, went smoothly UI feels more responsive. Programs seem snappier. System feels more stable. Boot time is a little faster. This to me is a major update, its over 100MB! With over 1GB of other updates for me! I remember smaller service packs even. Windows New Technology (NT) 6.3.9600.17238.amd64fre.winblue_gdr.140723-2018 Congratulations on your hard work Microsoft! This is awesome! WOOOT Compiled July 23rd! FRESH and delicious!
I agree with your points. Indeed, 43 out of the 45 Updates are Microsoft 2013 related updates in mine. Another thing that is confusing, though, is that they all indicate as important updates. There is no single one that is included as optional update.
Most of the non-August-Rollup updates I see are either for IE11/flashplayer or NetFX3. The .NET3 update is shockingly large. I'm not used to seeing a .net update at 88MB.
I am encouraged by this your very comment. I want mine to finish so that I can test my touchpad that behaves funny at times.
As I said earlier... "Those updates tend to be huge because Microsoft now updates features in Office 2013 (whereas Office 2010 was strictly bug-fix), which means that they are also touching localization/language files (that previously would be untouched for the entire product lifecycle), and those files are huge." The way Office is organized on a technical level is not really suitable for rapid-release. Hopefully they'll address that in the next version of Office.
I didn't experience any issue at all. It really makes my touchpad better, the occasional highlighting of files has been eliminated. Before I can easily highlight a message unnecessarily. The updates increase the brightness of the screen(the resolution is more clearer) and there is flexibility in the whole activities on the desktop. I notice another thing, the sound of my fan is almost zero-silence. I am impressed by these important changes. I have a different experience. I haven't checked on my metro apps yet. For those who didn't see any changes perhaps there are reasons for that. Who knows what they are? As for your issue: Code: cleanmgr Select all the boxes. It is a simple solution that usually works the trick.