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Suggestions, instructions greatly appreciated! How do I stop these automatic updates from them? Thanx Elk There has never been an occasion where a people gave up their weapons in the interest of peace that didn't end in their massacre. (Louis L'Amour) "To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors, is sinful and tyrannical. " -Thomas Jefferson "America is great because she is good. If America ceases to be good, America will cease to be great." Alexis de Tocqueville FBHO!!! The Idaho Elk Hunter | ||
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Have you tried phoning Microsoft and threatening them with bodily harm? | |||
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If it's MS-Win7 you can just go into the Windows Update settings and choose one of None, Notify, Download Only, or Automatic Update, IIRC. If it's MS-Win10 I've no clue. Never touched it. Don't expect ever to have to. If I may ask: Why? ETA: Got it. Two points: First: You're going to have to apply updates, eventually, whether they're automatic or not. Otherwise you'll soon be at the mercy of every virus, worm, trojan, etc. that's out there. That's just the way it is and there's no way around it. Even my Linux systems and my Apple mobile devices, which I trust way, way more than I do MS-Windows or Google Android, get updates as soon as they show up. Secondly: Why do you need MS-Windows, exactly? Many people only think they have to have MS-Windows, because "everybody else" does. I'm not saying you don't, but, asking if you really do? Either a Linux variant or an Apple Mac would be far less exposed to exploit. (The Mac would be easier. The Linux variant much less expensive.) "America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system,,,, but too early to shoot the bastards." -- Claire Wolfe "If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living." -- Seneca the Younger, Roman Stoic philosopher | |||
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"Why" is a good question. Annoying as they are, they're quite necessary as new vulnerabilities are discovered and fixed. The only time I'd ever recommend disabling them is if the computer is never connected to the internet. __________________________________ An operator is someone who picks up the phone when I dial 0. | |||
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The Joy Maker |
I did that once. Actually, they called my dad, and said he had a problem, and if we didn't let them fix it they would send big burly men to our house and physically remove the computer, I then reminded him that this was America and we all have guns, and then I hung up. They never did send any big burly men to get my dad's computer... I'm starting to think they weren't actually with Microsoft... 
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Dies Irae |
I call BS..all you did was rearrange some things from Red Dawn! You just changed the part about ComBloc soldiers to "big burly men" and freedom to "computer".  | |||
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Afaik, you can't turn it off in 10. I will try to set my win10 machine to a metered internet connection to see if that stops automatic updates | |||
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You really should take the updates; for the security patches alone it's worth it. But ultimately it's your box to do what you please and your PII info. | |||
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The bigger problem is not keeping up with them. The older the OS then the more there are and more time for someone to exploit and or something to go wrong. It is one area (regardless of the OS) where "don't fix it if it ain't broke" does not apply. YMMV | |||
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Chip away the stone |
Not specifically for turing off updates, which are a necessary evil, but possibly helpful: http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/9...-can-safely-disable/ | |||
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| His diet consists of black coffee, and sarcasm.  |
Most of the updates you get are at worst benign, some are beneficial. | |||
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