Yeah, hard to know what to do in your situation.
But yes, at least with the Windows desktop software, you can turn off the updates by going to the top menu, and using the "Online" pulldown menu, then "Updater Preferences", select how you want to do updates the next time you start the software. I choose either of the last two choices and only update when I'm sure I am ready to do so. Of course, this won't help for a new installation fort he software, since at least one update will usually be required
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