Remove "autoupdate" from tray

[William Hymen]

I would like to remove "Stay Current With Automatic Updates"
from my users trays. How can I do this? Do I also need
to remove the service wuauserv ?

Thanks in advance-

Bill

 

[Torgeir Bakken (MVP)]

I would like to remove "Stay Current With Automatic Updates"
from my users trays. How can I do this? Do I also need
to remove the service wuauserv ?

Hi

Removing the wuauserv service is maybe a bit strong, what if you later
on want to start to use MS SUS (your own internal Automatic Windows
Update server). I suggest you only disable the service.


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[William Hymen]

Hi

Removing the wuauserv service is maybe a bit strong, what if you later
on want to start to use MS SUS (your own internal Automatic Windows
Update server). I suggest you only disable the service.

Yes. That is what I decided to do.
For some reason, I overlooked the obvious !

Thanks.

 

[Mike Brown - Process Manager]

Yes. That is what I decided to do.
For some reason, I overlooked the obvious !

The long way around:

Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> Automatic Updates
Uncheck "Keep my computer up to date"

I wouldn't want to do this for 1000 workstations, but it works fine for one,
specifically my database server that chokes on SP4