you could always just find the folder windows update lives in and change the permissions so the system can’t access it.

How much do you want to bet it was just a guy saying “Hey be careful with trumpers because they like to shoot at us.” political discrimination my ass. Wolves whining because a sheep won’t jump into their teeth.

Someone making 400,000 a year who has no need to risk their job for 25 dollars mentioned it off hand to HR. One could infer that the policies were unclear and the reaction was overkill.