How to remove windows update notifier

Claire Drew · 6 Feb 2009 at 19:37

Please can anyone tel me how to remove the anoying windows update notifier from the bottom right corner of my Vista 64bit system?

Seaniboy · 6 Feb 2009 at 19:43

Control panel > Security Centre > Left hand side "Change the way security centre alerts me"

Mr-White · 6 Feb 2009 at 21:46

or

windows key+pause break>automatic updates tab

MW

james.miller · 6 Feb 2009 at 21:48

update windows, lol

HangTime · 6 Feb 2009 at 22:13

I'd like to know how you can remove that really annoying popup saying "Updates have been installed, do you want to restart?" that shows up every 30mins(?) or so on WinXP systems if you've installed an update but not rebooted.

Other than rebooting, obviously....

Mr-White · 6 Feb 2009 at 22:16

To stop this service, open [Command Prompt] (Start>Run>cmd>Enter) and type the following command sc stop wuauserv. This will not prevent Automatic Updates from starting at the next boot. So don't worry, you'll keep getting Windows updates. Just don't forget to restart eventually.

MW