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Carol Haynes:
It's easy to do that - just create two batch file called WU_On.bat and WU_Off.bat and then edit them with a text editor and add the relevant commands to each.

Then you just need to double click the batch file to switch off and on (assuming Admin status).

You can automatically stop the relevant processes using:

SC STOP <svc_name>

eg. SC STOP waauserv

will stop the "Automatic Updates" service (just go in to START>Run>Services.MSC and double click on the service you want to identify and the service name is as at the top)


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To start it again just use SC START <svc_name>

Ralf Maximus:
I did it!  Presenting my first contribution to DC: WAU Whacker.

A simple utility to start or stop the Windows Automatic Update process (WUAUSERV) via the WMI interface.  Requires VB6 runtimes (XP users already have them), tested on XP SP2.  Not tested on NT, 2000, or Vista.

If you have the Updates service disabled, and try to start it via Whacker, it will grind its gears for about 5 seconds as it tries to start the service, but will eventually give up.

Please report feedback, bugs, etc.

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