uhm, you know this is a linux forums and not a windows one and I doubt if you can permanently stop windows from screwing you over wiith auto-updates.....
Removing windows completely from the dual boot might be the only way
i'd personally chose a minimalisitc distro like arch (may not be the best for beginners) with a desktop environment like lxqt/lxde , that thing can run in under 400mb at idle
Manjaro is based on arch and ubuntu is based on debian so there are differences between manjaro and ubuntu
and yes debian will be a bit different but it's pretty stable and you can get used to it with a bit of usage