RE: Turning off Automatic Updates
From: Stop AU on startup (startup_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 09/02/04
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Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2004 03:07:02 -0700
Heres a workaround for Automatic updates so it doesnt *have* to run all the
time.
It has been alluded to, but i havnt seen this sanctioned anywhere yet, and
its a bit of a kludge, but here goes
1) you can start and stop the service manually, so
2) fix it first, Set it to enabled and automatic in services.msc (as much as
it hurts), and tell it not to update ever. there are lots of links here for
that, then
3) Turn off the automatic update service (auto)manually on startup with a
reg key (or batch file in startup) with
"net stop wuauserv"
4) The service *does not* have to be manually restarted, it will start
itself when *you* decide to go to the WU site.
5) you save 6.5 MB of RAM (important to some!) and the service isnt running
all the time.
Here is a Reg file you can make by cutting and pasting the bits below into
a file called "Stop AU.REG" (or anything .reg) and incorporating it into the
registry. (***usual warning with registry editing apply, you can HURT your
computer etc***)
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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
"Stop Windows Update service"="c:\\windows\\system32\\net.exe stop wuauserv"
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