Dixel Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 On 8/16/2023 at 12:43 AM, NotHereToPlayGames said: I use WinReducerEX but I am unsure if "how to" guides fall within MSFN allowed content. And people took their time to explain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotHereToPlayGames Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 Ok. But that wasn't a "question", it ends with a "." and not a "?" But yes, if NTLite was part of MSFN, then I guess there is no reason that WinReducerEX can't be. Though it sounds like it was because the author of NTLite was an MSFN Member whereas the author of WinReducerEX is not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSNH Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 (edited) 11 hours ago, Dixel said: I read it gets back on its own, I don't have links at hand now, sorry. If it does, then run sc delete wuauserv this command removes this service from the registry completely, so some entry in task scheduler or similar won't be able to turn it on. If you later decide you want it back for some reason you can restore the registry from a clean Windows 10 installation. Services are in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services Edited August 17, 2023 by TSNH services location in registry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotHereToPlayGames Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 Not so sure that would work. Windows has a way of using its "system32" folder to bring back anything that Windows itself thinks you "didn't really intend to delete" even though you knew exactly why you were deleting it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 1 hour ago, NotHereToPlayGames said: Not so sure that would work. Windows has a way of using its "system32" folder to bring back anything that Windows itself thinks you "didn't really intend to delete" even though you knew exactly why you were deleting it. The post above yours is about removing entries in the Registry about a service, not about deleting files in a (protected by some system integrity provision) folder: https://ss64.com/nt/sc.html jaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotHereToPlayGames Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 Agreed. But I think Windows has a way to "restore" Registry edits that Windows itself doesn't think you should be editing. I could be thinking of only Windows Defender and not Windows Updates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.Draker Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 16 hours ago, TSNH said: If it does, then run sc delete wuauserv first need to run sc stop wuauserv and only then sc delete wuauserv USAGE: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/133883/stop-and-start-a-service-via-batch-or-cmd-file 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSNH Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 (edited) 9 hours ago, D.Draker said: first need to run sc stop wuauserv and only then sc delete wuauserv Of course you have to kill the running service first, ether by running this command in services.msc just like you don't delete a file in use. Assumed this is obvious as this was the next step what you should do after disabling the service in services.msc if that's not enough . This is more of a newbie question though, so perhaps I should also be more specific that wuauserv is stored in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\wuauserv not HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services and you don't need to export&import all the services. Edited August 18, 2023 by TSNH 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legacyfan Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 (edited) does windows update really have to disable or could some type of workaround be found for this? ive used legacy update before and it work and functions way better than windows 10s update mechanism Edited August 18, 2023 by legacyfan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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