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03-Nov-2009, 11:07 AM #1
XP Auto update - stop ?
I sometimes have to use my laptop on a 3g card. Bandwidth can be very hit and miss at the best of times and sometimes windows will start downloading updates. Is there a service / process I can kill or a way to temporarily stop the downloading without stopping it permanently ?
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03-Nov-2009, 11:20 AM #2
Right Click on My Computer and select properties. On the "Automatic Updates" tab select "Notify me but don't automatically download or install them". Click OK.
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03-Nov-2009, 11:36 AM #3
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Originally Posted by thomasjk View Post
Right Click on My Computer and select properties. On the "Automatic Updates" tab select "Notify me but don't automatically download or install them". Click OK.
But is there anyway I can stop it once its started ? Its doing it now eating up my bandwidth !
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03-Nov-2009, 12:30 PM #4
Just follow the instructions in Post#2 then reboot.
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04-Nov-2009, 06:48 AM #5
Sorry to repeat myself but But is there anyway I can stop it once its started ? I'm looking for a quick and dirty way of stopping it. Probaly by killing a process using task manager
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04-Nov-2009, 07:10 AM #6
install a free firewall such as zone alarm and then deny it ...... quick ish and very dirty!!
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