How to Disable Automatic Updates

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Turn automatic updating on or off - Windows Help More
Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago by Hayat | permalink
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Learn how to set Windows to automatically install or notify you of updates as they become available.

For further reading: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/turn-automatic-updating-on-off ^[1]

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How to Turn Off Automatic App Updates in Android, iOS, Windows Phone 8.1, Windows 8.1 More
Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago by Rita Ferrill | permalink
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Automatic app updates are very convenient, but you might want to turn them off to conserve battery or data usage. Here's how you can stop them.
Tags: how to turn off automatic app updates in android ios windows phone 8 1 windows 8 1 android, app store, apple, automatic updates, google, google play, how to turn off automatic updates, ios, microsoft, windows, windows 8.1, windows phone 8.1

For further reading: http://gadgets.ndtv.com/apps/features/how-to-turn-off-automatic-app-updates-in-android-ios-windows-phone-81-windows-81-634685 ^[2]

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How to Disable Automatic App Updates in Android More
Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago by Lisa Kasberg | permalink
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By default, Android apps downloaded from the Google Play Store are automatically updated. If you would rather review the updates and any new or changed permissions associated with the updates, you can choose to disable automatic updates.

For further reading: http://www.howtogeek.com/202297/how-to-disable-automatic-app-updates-in-android/ ^[3]

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Enabling or Disabling Windows XP automatic updates. More
Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago by Andreas Balzani | permalink
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Enabling or Disabling Microsoft Windows XP automatic updates.

For further reading: http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000538.htm ^[4]

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How to Turn off Microsoft Updates in Windows XP More
Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago by John Sideropoulos | permalink
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Piracy, privacy, and protection are all good reasons to disable automatic updates to Windows XP. It doesn't matter if you want to protect Microsoft from receiving any information or keep your pirated copy of Windows XP running. This...
Tags: WikiHow, Turn off Microsoft Updates in Windows XP, wiki, how to articles, how to instructions, DIY, tips, howto, learn, how do I

For further reading: http://www.wikihow.com/Turn-off-Microsoft-Updates-in-Windows-XP ^[5]

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How To Change Windows Update Settings in Windows 7 More
Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago by Kelcey Grimm | permalink
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Easy instructions on changing Windows Update settings in Windows 7. These settings control automatic updating, update date and time, and more.

For further reading: http://pcsupport.about.com/od/windows7/a/windows-update-settings-windows-7.htm ^[6]

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How to stop Windows 8 installing updates automatically More
Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago by Conti Nakedeye | permalink
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If you're running Windows 8 and you went with the recommended settings automatic updates will be switched on. This can be annoying so here's our guide to stopping Windows 8 installing updates automatically.
Tags: windows 8,desktop,microsoft,step,control panel,updates,automatic,recommended,settings,charms bar,switch off,stop,installing,desktop-pc,digital-home,laptop,software,windows

For further reading: http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/how-to/windows/how-stop-windows-8-installing-updates-automatically-3424920/ ^[7]

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Category: Fun | 9 years, 5 month(s) ago

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Hayat, John Sideropoulos, Rita Ferrill, Andreas Balzani, Conti Nakedeye, Kelcey Grimm, Lisa Kasberg

References & Citations

1. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/turn-automatic-updating-on-off

2. http://gadgets.ndtv.com/apps/features/how-to-turn-off-automatic-app-updates-in-android-ios-windows-phone-81-windows-81-634685

3. http://www.howtogeek.com/202297/how-to-disable-automatic-app-updates-in-android/

4. http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000538.htm

5. http://www.wikihow.com/Turn-off-Microsoft-Updates-in-Windows-XP

6. http://pcsupport.about.com/od/windows7/a/windows-update-settings-windows-7.htm

7. http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/how-to/windows/how-stop-windows-8-installing-updates-automatically-3424920/