Turning off windows xp automatic updates

For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base How to back up and restore the registry in Windows. Note: It is not recommended to turn off Windows Update, With automatic updating, you don't have to search for updates online or worry that critical fixes for Windows might be missing from your computer.

Windows automatically checks for the latest updates for your computer. Was this reply helpful? Yes No. Sorry this didn't help. Thanks for your feedback. This thread is locked. This means that the automatic update will stop nagging you to update even though you already have. For Riggy, this procedure means Windows will stop trying to download and install SP3. One word of warning though, in general Windows updates are important not only for your security and peace of mind but also for the security of everyone else.

I highly recommend that you apply the patches as soon as you can. Our Windows Patch Tuesday feature will keep you informed of just what each patch contains. Mark W. Kaelin has been writing and editing stories about the IT industry, gadgets, finance, accounting, and tech-life for more than 25 years. Most recently, he has been a regular contributor to BreakingModern.

Or, as in the case of TechRepublic member Riggy , Windows may be telling you that SP3 is available, even though you have decided you don't want to apply it right now or in the near future. To relieve this annoyance, Riggy called Microsoft support and finagled a procedure to reset the Windows update management system. Once the restore point is created, click on Close. Open the Registry Editor. The Registry Editor is a program that allows you to edit your Windows Registry.

The registry provides information to your system and is used to change the behavior of a program and how it works with Windows. Expand the Image File Execution Options subkey. Add the Windows Update Manager subkey. A new subkey will be created and will be prompted to enter a name. Type in wupdmgr. Add a Debugger string value to the Windows Update Manager subkey. Right-click on 'wupdmgr.

Type in 'Debugger' to name the new string value.