“7 Pro 64 works fine with updates shut off. “
I removed the Win 10 update and shut off auto updates.
Meaning you reverted back to 7?
After over a year with 7 I have to say I am comfortable with it even with periodic fits of "where the hell did they put it?".
After over a decade with XP, I knew where everything was, then the geniuses at MS decide to move things all over for no discernible reason.
With all the stories now coming out about 10, looks like I will not even bother to download a disk image during the free period.