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andrei186
Brass Contributor
Nov 15, 2021
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Win10 Home on HP Pavilion Processor 3.2 GHz, 8Gb RAM takes up to 5-7 min to

Win10 Home on HP Pavilion Processor 3.2 GHz, 8Gb RAM, 500Gb HDD (343Gb free) since recently started taking up to 5-7 min to allow any activities after booting.  Task manager does not show any overloa...
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    SalmanAhmed
    Nov 20, 2021

    Hi andrei186,

    Yes, It is possible to disable Windows Update from the registry, please copy the below registry values in notepad, save as NoUpdate.reg, and double-click on the file to merge into the registry.

    Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU]
"NoAutoUpdate"=dword:00000001
"AUOptions"=dword:00000002

     

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SalmanAhmed
Steel Contributor
Nov 19, 2021

Hi andrei186,

Yes, you can stop the Windows Update service, but it's not recommended as your computer will be the most vulnerable to hackers.

 

An outdated operating system is the most valuable for hackers, when Microsoft locates the weaknesses, they release the updates to address those weaknesses to shut down those chances of attack.

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andrei186
Brass Contributor
Nov 20, 2021
Thank you for a quick reply. After Windows update rendered my PC un-bootable and Microsoft technical support refused to offer any support, I consider Windows Update service much more dangerous than all the hackers taken together. Please let me know how I do stop Windows Update service on my Wind-10 Home.
From my side I relieve Microsoft from any responsibily for any hackers attacks which migh happen due to Windows Update service stoppage.
PS. I have Win XP on my old PC which I keep as a backup. It is still working fine though I did no updates since I installed it 19 years ago.