I want to disable or delete the files wuauctl and wupdmgr
to prevent Windows from automatically downloading files
for Microsoft windows update site. It slows up my
internet access considerably and it's annoying. I have
have tried selecting the files, then selected delete from
the menu after right clicking of the file. It simply
reinstate itself in the C:\windows\system32 folder.

Can any help me

Don't delete the files, just turn auto-updating off, that is
easy to do.


"Taman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
message news:507c01c3d7ee$7202a4b0$(E-Mail Removed)...
| I want to disable or delete the files wuauctl and wupdmgr
| to prevent Windows from automatically downloading files
| for Microsoft windows update site. It slows up my
| internet access considerably and it's annoying. I have
| have tried selecting the files, then selected delete from
| the menu after right clicking of the file. It simply
| reinstate itself in the C:\windows\system32 folder.
|
| Can any help me

Hi,

You can't (and shouldn't) delete protected operating system files.

Instead, go to the control panel/system/automatic updates tab. Uncheck the
option to "Keep my computer up to date.....". This will disable the
automatic downloading of updates. You should not however, put off updating
the system on a regular basis. Make sure you allow yourself some time to
regularly visit the WindowsUpdate site and manually download and install
critical updates.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org

"Taman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:507c01c3d7ee$7202a4b0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> I want to disable or delete the files wuauctl and wupdmgr
> to prevent Windows from automatically downloading files
> for Microsoft windows update site. It slows up my
> internet access considerably and it's annoying. I have
> have tried selecting the files, then selected delete from
> the menu after right clicking of the file. It simply
> reinstate itself in the C:\windows\system32 folder.
>
> Can any help me

[brittosa]

Save these into a .reg file and run it:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoWindowsUpdate"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\wupdmgr.exe]
"Debugger"="ntsd"