How do I disable Windows Update?

Nowadays the operating system Windowsis the most popular around the world. Unfortunately, despite its popularity and multifunctionality, it often finds various errors or "holes" that lead to vulnerability. To eliminate such "holes", errors and minor flaws, Microsoft created the automatic Windows update service. With automatic updates, Windows becomes more stable, secure, and reliable. That's why it is not recommended to disable this feature. Of course, there are different cases and if you, for example, have a slow or limited Internet, downloading many megabit updates seems crazy. It is for those people who want to learn how to disable the Windows update, and this article was written.

To get started, consider how to disable the Windows XP update:

1. Go to the "Start" menu and there go to "Control Panel".
2. Find the "Control Panel" item under the name "Automatic Update".
3. Before you open the window with the settings. In it, select the item "Disable automatic updating" and press the "OK" key. In the same window, you can configure the update on a schedule, or you can only set up information about available updates.

Now let's move on to how to disable the Windows 7 update:

1. The first item is similar to the same item in Windows XP - open the "Start" menu and there we go to "Control Panel".
2. Further in the "Control Panel" should find the pointWindows Update. If you can not find this section at home, then try to repeat the search after changing the appearance of the icons. This action can be performed using the "View" list, which is located in the upper right corner.
3. In the "Windows Update Center" find the link "Settings" on the left and go over it.
4. In the Important Updates list, selectcheck for updates (not recommended) ". To completely turn off the update, you can remove all the checkmarks next to the options that are responsible for additional updates, as well as access to other users of the computer for installing updates.

It remains only to press the "OK" button and the setup of your Windows is completed.