How can I make sure it never restarts itself again ? I had the WaaSMedicSvc service disabled reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\WaaSMedicSvc" /v Start /t REG_DWORD /d 4 /f And the Windows update service itself. I have re-installed windows 3 weeks ago and it had never started itself. What did I do to trigger this ? How can I make sure it does not restart again ? I need a windows automatic update supressor, does such a thing exists ?
well using group policy settings - you can set it to manual why you need to play with service, and disable them ..?
I've found Windows Update, Medic, and System Restore will re-enable themselves no matter what you do. To prevent any updates from actually happening though, I just use registry settings via registry files "Updates Enabled.reg" and "Updates Disabled.reg". These can be done in gpedit.msc too, but this is just faster. Updates Disabled.reg Code: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate] "DoNotConnectToWindowsUpdateInternetLocations"=dword:00000001 "DisableWindowsUpdateAccess"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU] "UseWUServer"=dword:00000001 Updates Enabled.reg Code: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate] "DoNotConnectToWindowsUpdateInternetLocations"=- "DisableWindowsUpdateAccess"=- [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU] "UseWUServer"=-
Thanks ! I have discovered running WinGETUI, will also re-enable windows update. Because it immediately auto-installed something that contains "Microsoft Update Health Tools" And that apparently does re-enable everything and gives microsoft root access to my computer. I'll have to be more careful ! However, I will try these registery entries for my next attempt ! See if that saves it ! Thanks !