You can only pause Windows updates for update to 4 weeks. BSL IT recommends you enable "Get the latest updates as soon as they're available" and always click update and shutdown/update and restart.
Windows 11
Windows 10
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/svchost-using-all-of-bandwidth/3de094e6-b8e1-4bb7-9431-ee237363eb67