optimize-updating.ps1

function New-FolderForced {
  [CmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess = $true)]
  param (
	[Parameter(Position = 0, Mandatory, ValueFromPipeline, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName)]
	[string]
    $Path
  )
  process {
    if (-not (Test-Path $Path)) {
      Write-Verbose "-- Creating full path to:  $Path"
      New-Item -Path $Path -ItemType Directory -Force
    }
  }
}

Write-Output "Disable automatic download and installation of Windows updates"
New-FolderForced -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU"
Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU" "NoAutoUpdate" 1
Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU" "AUOptions" 2
Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU" "ScheduledInstallDay" 0
Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU" "ScheduledInstallTime" 3

Write-Output "Disable seeding of updates to other computers via Group Policies"
New-FolderForced -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DeliveryOptimization"
Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DeliveryOptimization" "DODownloadMode" 0

Write-Output "Enabling automatic driver update"
Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DriverSearching" "SearchOrderConfig" 2