Dealing with 10 on my wife’s laptop cements my decision to stay with 7 pro 64.
Her rage when MS decides to update and she is locked out is just icing.
If you’re using your laptop with WiFi exclusively (no wired network connections) you can effectively stop updates by changing the WiFi connection to “Metered Mode”. This is the very first thing I do when setting up a new Win 10 machine.
More info and instructions here: https://www.howtogeek.com/226722/HOW-WHEN-AND-WHY-TO-SET-A-CONNECTION-AS-METERED-ON-WINDOWS-10/
Please note that if you plug a live Ethernet cable into your laptop you will receive updates almost immediately.