Well, I've rebooted 3 times, each time waiting for the system to automatically detect the Windows updates and give me the option to "Install updates then shutdown computer" when clicking on the Start->Shut down button.
Each time I shut down it tried to install the updates before shutting down. When booting back up, the same updates would appear after some time. Checking the update history, I see that the updates failed to get installed during each shut down.
The 4th time I booted up, I didn't wait for the system to automatically detect the updates. Instead, I manually started Windows Update and selected to install the updates without shutting down. Unfortunately, the updates once again failed.
I'm fine with going back to the Windows Update section of the Forum to try to resolve these Windows Update issues, but are we done here as far as the Random BSOD, Freezes, etc. are concerned?
I'll let the Driver Verifier run another day, but I'm assuming I will have to eventually stop it? Also, if I don't get a VERIFIER_ENABLED BSOD occurrence does that mean it did not detect any problems with my current drivers?
I'm currently using Avast Antivirus and am sticking with the Windows Firewall as well going forward.
