Is there anyway to disabled Windows Update

[blert]

Originally posted by: intogamer
Start > My Computer > Properties > Automatic Updates > Turn Off Automatic Updates

And when you do decide to update use http://windowsupdate.62nds.com 😉

 

[MrChad]

I really don't understand why people have a problem with this.

Set AU to download but not automatically install updates. When AU says updates are ready, wait until you have some time to reboot your machine before installing them. The reason it keeps bugging you is that most people rarely reboot their machines and would likely forget to otherwise.

 

[Tobolo]

Originally posted by: compuwiz1
I took over a workstation back in Sept. You can't believe the reminders that popped up, including when to get coffee, when to take a sh!t, etc. That was one regulated dude! :shocked;

How do you set it up to do that?

 

[Allanv]

Originally posted by: herbiehancock

Originally posted by: Allanv
found this after a lot of Googling, so I'd like to share the solution. Yep, this may not be new or even advanced but it surely helped me...

Anyone who is running Windows XP SP2 know what I'm talking about. That stupid, annoying, most ill-designed dialog box ever invented in the history of the computer science that asks "Updating your computer is almost complete. You must restart your computer for the updates to take effect. Do you want to restart your computer now?"
And there are only two options: Restart Now/Restart Later. "Restart Later" means that this stupid thing will ask you again in 10 minutes. Yes, if you're willing to work for the next 4 hours until lunch before rebooting, this means you'll need to answer this question 24 times. Did I mention that the dialog steals the focus?

Now, to get rid of it:
Start / Run / gpedit.msc / Local Computer Policy / Computer Configuration / Administrative Templates / Windows Components / Windows Update / Re-prompt for restart with scheduled installations

You can configure how often it will nag you (I re-configured it for 720 minutes, which means I'll be asked twice on a work day), or completely disable it.

Did you even read the explaination that accompanied the Disable choice? If you set the choice to anything other than a specific minute choice as you did, it defaults to an every 10 min. nag box, and that's with either the Not Configured or Disabled choice. Read the Re-prompt for restart with scheduled installations extended explaination box that opens to the left of the choice box in the group policy. Choosing Disabled does absolutely nothing.

to be honest i shamefully stole it from another forum and no i didnt test it. i do appologise twas silly of me, in my defence it was damn early in the morning and i wasnt thinking straight.

i will endevor not to post untill i have woken up in future

Regards

Allan