SysManager 1.18.0 released

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SysManager 1.18.0 is out!

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Highlights

🎯 Windows Update install actually works now. Replaced PSWindowsUpdate's Install-WindowsUpdate with direct calls to the Windows Update Agent COM API (Microsoft.Update.Session). PSWindowsUpdate filters out optional driver updates client-side even when WUA can install them; the new code handles everything — drivers, firmware, Defender Definitions, cumulative, security, feature upgrades.

⚡ Honest live progress. Per-update streaming events: Connecting → Downloading → Installing → ✓ Installed. Per-row Status column updates in real time (Pending… → Downloading… → Installing… → Installed / Installed (reboot required) / Failed).

🧹 UI cleanup. Live output panel: fixed height, no auto-resize. Single header (no more redundant Card+Expander wrapper). Status column wider with tooltip. Removed redundant live console from Ping and Traceroute (those tabs already display data graphically).

🏷 Categorized pills. Updates are categorized using WUA's own Categories collection: Security, Cumulative, Defender, Driver, Servicing, .NET, Feature upgrade, Hidden — each with its own colored pill.

See the release notes and CHANGELOG for full details.

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Verify the download

```powershell
Get-FileHash .\SysManager-v1.18.0.exe -Algorithm SHA256
```

Expected SHA256: `5B4D9BEB49D69572B027FBF4A7B7219E3ECE4EDF71C85455748FA8C4DD4FCB22`