To disable the Windows Update Service:
- Open the Command Prompt as administrator.
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Type the following at the prompt:
net stop "windows update".
The service will start back up again when you reboot.
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Stop Windows Update from Automatically Restarting Your PC
I sat down to work the other day and realized I'd lost about two hours of work because my computer had been automatically rebooted after a Windows update. Another thing I can't stand is how Windows used to constantly remind me that I needed to reboot my computer as if I needed to be told every five minutes or that there was some chance that I would never reboot my computer and these crucial updates would never be applied.
At least the way XP used to do has changed since Vista and Windows 7 allows you to postpone the reboot for 10 minutes or 4 hours. But what if I don't want it to reboot in 4 hours. What if I want to decide when I'm going ot reboot?
An easy way to disable the reboot for the current Windows session is to stop the Windows Update service.
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