Can anyone point me to any links/guidelines on how this folder maintains itself? For example I just went on a server and pulled down and installed a bunch of updates (we have WSUS on servers set to ...

Won't even need to stop the service, as long as you don't plan on removing those updates, then there is no harm in deleting the SoftwareUpdates folder.

If you are not able to update your OS and Windows Update Error 0x8024a223 pops up every time you click on that Check for Updates button, here are some suggestions ...