I want out of Windows patch hell

I like Windows 10. But I don’t like getting stuck in eternal reboot hell.
For days now, one of my Windows 10 Anniversary Update PCs has been relentlessly rebooting and rebooting and … well, you get the idea. I’m not alone. This Sisyphean cycle is plaguing many other people.
Patches were welcome. After all, the Windows 10 Anniversary Update, a.k.a. Windows 10 SP1, came with a host of problems. There were unexplained freezes, Cortana was fouled up, webcams were broken and multi