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Disables Windows Update with PowerShell
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| # set the Windows Update service to "disabled" | |
| sc.exe config wuauserv start=disabled | |
| # display the status of the service | |
| sc.exe query wuauserv | |
| # stop the service, in case it is running | |
| sc.exe stop wuauserv | |
| # display the status again, because we're paranoid | |
| sc.exe query wuauserv | |
| # double check it's REALLY disabled - Start value should be 0x4 | |
| REG.exe QUERY HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\wuauserv /v Start |
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How to set the registry to value 4?