How can I delay Windows updates until a while after waking my machine?

I normally enjoy fast startup times of 2-3 minutes. However, on certain days, the machine is unusable for 30-60 minutes after wake. This happens when the hard disk is 100% busy downloading updates, which can happen even if the machine has been on and running for many hours on the previous day. If I turn on my computer, it's because I want to do something with it. How can I prevent all the updates from downloading immediately after wake? I accept the security risk of delaying updates by a few hours, and no, I do not want to buy an SSD. Here's an example that happened to me this week: the machin

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