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Fully disable Windows 10 Upgrade Assistant
# So I got fed up with windows 10 and its constant supply of updates. And I've had them disabled, but
# now they've got this handy little tool called Windows 10 Upgrade assistant. This just goes ahead and
# starts updating your system without notifying you and without your permission. Some great code there!
# So of course you can uninstall it, but at a random time interval later, it reinstalls the updater.
# Total BS if you ask me. I think I've figured out how to disable it more long term though and this is
# how. Since I know I'm not the only one who's going to want to do this.
1. Uninstall Windows 10 Upgrade assistant (from the control panel)
2. Create a folder on the C:/ Drive called "Windows10Upgrade" and go in and modify it's permissions
a) Make sure that you've revoked all permissions to everyone including yourself.
b) At this point when it tries to install it'll throw an error, great!
3. Navigate to C:/Windows and find UpdateAssistant
a) Delete that garbage!
4. Open up Windows Task Scheduler
a) Open up Task Scheduler Library
b) Find Microsoft
c) Windows
d) UpdateOrchestrator
e) I dunno, disable all the tasks within? That's what I did
5. Hope and pray that Microsoft doesn't think of something else and that this actually works.
6. Accept the risks of living without the most up to date version of Windows. Because seriously,
screw having ads displayed in my start menu.
7. Just switch to Linux, most computers run it, but Razer laptops don't seem to play nice :(
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