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03-Nov-2009, 12:07 PM #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, 12:20 PM #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, 12:36 PM #3
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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, 01:30 PM #4
Just follow the instructions in Post#2 then reboot.
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04-Nov-2009, 07:48 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, 08:10 AM #6
install a free firewall such as zone alarm and then deny it ...... quick ish and very dirty!!
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