* The drivers that come with the DVD are the one that received the highest amount of testing compared to all updated drivers that you get from either Microsoft or the manufacturer's web site. * The Windows installation image is the one that always received the highest amount of testing compared to all other updates, therefore skipping all intermediary updates i.e., from one official release to the next lets you skip all the updates that have not been sufficiently tested. * Only update Windows using the Windows installation image e.g., I'm on 1803, I will update to 1809 possibly several months after it would be deemed stable using a bootable USB drive only. * Disable Windows Update completely (whilst still keeping Windows Defender definition up-to-date, it's a single Group Policy change). * Install all drivers that you need as given in the DVD. I've only been back to using Windows recently but my strategy to keeping it running stably (with a good backup solution before making major changes to the system) is:
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