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Microsoft Windows Automatic Update is a great feature for those who are forgetful or lazy to download the latest updates. This application helps to automatically install the latest updates of the operating system and other products with little or no user intervention.

I don’t mind it myself until it begins to bother me with the restart dialog box incessantly. Certain Windows updates require a reboot of the operating system, it nags with a dialog box requesting a restart so often that it becomes really annoying if you aren’t ready to restart your computer. Your options are to click cancel every 10 minutes out of your work day or to succumb to the reboot request at your computers whim. Luckily one simple command can disable this dialog box to let you work hassle free. Of course, make sure you remember to reboot your PC at the end of your work day! For me, I often don’t want to close all of my carefully placed application windows until I’ve completed my work with them. Because of this, I often delay my reboot by several hours.

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Open a command prompt window (Start > Run )

2. Type cmd (just the three letters) into the box and click ‘OK’ or hit enter

3. In the black window type the remainder of this line: sc stop wuauserv

This command stops the service which popup the restart dialog. Now you can restart the operating system when you are done with your work. The auto update service will restart next time the computer reboots and will automatically downloads available updates.

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  • One Response to “Stop Microsoft Windows Automatic Updates from Haggling You! (3 simple steps)”

    1. on 21 Aug 2008 at 4:33 am продажа картин

      Крутотень!

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