- So, bottom line is, with W10 Fall Creator's Update it seems like 18.3.4 drivers & CDM 11.6 is the solution.
We have been using this little tool to completely disable Windows Updates for the past ~year or so now. They just came out with a v1.1 yesterday, I believe we have been using v1.0. --- https://www.sordum.org/9470/windows-update-blocker-v1-1/ --- I was skeptical of it at first, but it's been working flawlessly on 16 rigs (although not all of them have been running a full year yet.
Never thought of this, insanely useful. Thanks a lot man.
DNS server block is good
. Im using MDT to deploy mining images so in my reference image have all set up correctly, fast deployment via USB stick or network if you have larger farm.