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Please help me disable Windows Update
Just yesterday, I used the Run command (or whatever function it is) to go into the different Windows services to disable certain ones I've been told I don't need. I also disabled Windows Update because I've gotten totally fed up with getting updates and then having my computer shut off at the worst times to install it, and then having to sometimes spend weeks trying to get all the problems fixed that were caused by the updates, having to reinstall programs that were lost, and having to change my settings back to the way I originally had them. Windows Update has done far more harm than good, which is why I disabled it, supposedly.
Just tonight, I was about an hour into a project I was working on, and I wanted to take a break and watch some TV. So I put the computer to "Sleep" and intended to finish up after about an hour. At one point, I looked back at my computer screen and noticed that it was restarting. I later found out that it had shut down and restarted for some reason. Since it was not a planned, my project was closed and I lost a good deal of my work and had to start over again. I then checked the Update area under Settings and it didn't show anything had been updated. It only shows a pair of "failed" updates dated from yesterday, even though I didn't do any updating yesterday. However, earlier in the evening I get getting prompted to restart my computer to install updates, even though I had just done that a week ago and hadn't downloaded any more since I don't want them. I wasn't even online, so there was no downloading taking place. I also made sure that my update settings were such that I would have to manually choose to do a restart. But, it happened by itself anyway, and now I'm having to redo a bunch of my work once again.
Please, if somebody would--please show me how to turn the damned Windows Update OFF so I don't have to keep going through this? It's been nothing but a headache and I just want it disabled.