What is the difference between automatic and automatic delayed start?

Keeping this in consideration, what does delayed start mean?

A service marked as Automatic (Delayed Start) will start shortly after all other services designated as Automatic have been started. In my experience, this means that they are started 1-2 minutes after the computer boots. The setting is most useful in lessening the "mad rush" for resources when a machine boots.

Beside above, how do I delay Windows services on startup? How to delay the automatic start of a service application

1. Run Windows Services manager (launch services. msc from the Start menu).
2. Right-click on the service you would like to configure, and select Properties.
3. On the General tab, change the Startup type to Automatic (Delayed Start), as shown in Fig.

Subsequently, one may also ask, how long do Delayed Start services take?

The default delay is 120 seconds (2 minutes). On fast hardware this might just be too long to wait. In order to change the delay applied to Automatic (Delayed Start) services, simply create the following registry key.

Should Windows Update service be set to automatic?

By default on Windows update service will be set manual trigger. It is recommend setting for Windows 10. One loads automatically at boot. The manual loads when a process needs it (may cause errors on services that need an automatic service).