HP Support Assistant keeps telling me to Update System BIOS

HP Support Assistant often indicates when there are system updates required on my computer (it puts a yellow mark on the HP Support Assistant taskbar icon).
Often though it will indicate that there are BIOS updates just after I have installed one!
It is quite easy though to see the version of BIOS that HP Support Assistant 'wants' you to update to, and what version of BIOS you have installed:

• To see the which version of System BIOS HP Support Assistant wants you to update to:
  • Open Windows start menu and click on HP Support Assistant (under HP Help and Support)
  • A HP Support Assistant window will open:
    • Select My Devices at the top
    • Click on Updates under your computer
    • Wait while a list of updates loads (this might take a few seconds)
    • Click on the question mark symbol to the right of the listed BIOS update
    • The Version of the update will appear under the update details
  
  
• To see the which version of System BIOS you currently have:
  • Open Windows start menu and click on System Information (under Windows Administrative Tools)
  • A System Information window will open:
    • Click on System Summary on the left
    • The BIOS Version/Date will be shown on the right
  
  

If you find that the update and installed versions are the same (which I have found is OFTEN the case) it is possible to delay the update:

• Click on Remind Me (to the right of the update), and then on One month in the menu that appears.

It is only possible to delay the update by up to a month at a time, but hopefully before the month is up the install will be superseded by an actual update!

Disable Task View

In the April 2018 update for Windows 10, Task View was added, which collects a history of activities that you have performed.
If you want to disable this:

• Click the Settings icon in the Start menu
• A Settings window will open:
  • Click on Privacy
  • Select Activity History on the left
  • Untick Let Windows collect my activities from this PC
  • Press the Clear button (under Clear activity history) to clear any existing activity
  • A warning message will appear:
    • Press the Ok button

If you now want to hide the task view button from the taskbar:

• Right click on the taskbar, and click on Show Task View button in the menu that appears

Disable fast startup

Windows 10 has a 'Fast Startup' feature that is enabled by default.

What this means is that when you shut down the computer, it doesn't actually turn off completely (see here for more information on this).

To disable the 'Fast Startup' feature:

• Click the Settings icon in the Start menu
• A Settings window will open:
  • Click on System
  • Select Power & sleep on the left
  • Click on Additional power settings under Related settings
  • A Power Options window will open:
    • Click on Choose what the power button does on the left
    • Click on Change settings that are currently unavailable
    • Uncheck Turn on fast startup (recommended)
    • Click Save Changes