Is it possible to permanently delete windows 10 update assistant?

Anonymous
2017-10-13T22:32:01+00:00

I have a HP laptop (Model: 15-ac121na) using Windows 10 Home and for the last 3months ive been having problems with very slow internet speed. I tried so many different solutions to no avail and eventually i come across a temporary fix of rolling back the driver of the network adapter to version 2023.4.720.2015 however every time i close the laptop or restart it the network adapter updates itself again. This situation is bearable but now suddenly i keep getting window assistant pop ups constantly trying to download 5GB of updates. After giving in on what seems like the 1000th attempt to stop it i let the updates install and upon logging into my laptop i noticed the internet speeds had dropped again, i tried to roll back the driver but the option is now greyed out and i was stuck with just 54kbps on version 2023.58.731.2017!! I uninstalled the updates by going back to the previous windows build and now everything is back to normal (me rolling back the driver every so often) but im still getting windows assistant pop ups trying to install even after i went to control panel and deleted the application!

If anyone could help me with either deleting the assistant permanently or even my dodgy speeds i would be very greatful.

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-02-22T12:28:49+00:00

    Hi!

    I had the same problem, Windows10UpgraderApp.exe always kept coming back, if I terminated it's process it started again after 10 minutes or so. Then the updates failed to install, and all this repeated forever. The working solution comes in a batch file!

    Create a new file anywhere, name it anti_update_cycle.cmd

    Paste this script into your file:

    :st

    taskkill -f -im Windows10UpgraderApp.exe

    timeout 1

    del c:\Windows10Upgrade\Windows10UpgraderApp.exe

    timeout 5

    goto st

    You have to run this command line script to get rid of the annoying Win10 upgrader. It closes the updater application and deletes it's executable. It will keep coming back but will be closed in seconds, before appearing on screen. You should put this script file into your Startup folder and set it's shortcut to always start it minimized. (use google for these steps)

    Goodbye!

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-01-27T13:09:28+00:00

    Hi MS

    I have been having the same exact problem as mentioned by the other users in this thread.

    I contacted MS (https://support.microsoft.com/en-sg/contactus/windows/tech-services/) customer support 3 times whereby the technician took over my PC remotely to work on it.

    STILL NO LUCK!!

    In summary:

    The Update Assistant is behaving like a virus or spamware that cannot be disabled or uninstalled simply

    MS technicians (as much as they tried) are as clueless as us on how to resolve this

    It is affecting my work and THIS IS WRONG!

    Please resolve this as soon as possible.

    Henry

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-01-26T09:16:08+00:00

    Hi,

    Windows Update cannot be uninstalled, however, you can try to disable it. Follow the steps provided by DaveM121 in this thread on how to disable it. We also suggest that you submit a feedback through our Feedback Hub so our developers can investigate and review the issue.

    Let us know if you need further assistance.

    Hi, Thanks

    just done that and we will see how we get on.

    Hi

    I have done the steps yesterday as per DaveM121 and that did not work, it's back to updating again this morning.

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  4. Anonymous
    2018-01-25T12:27:53+00:00

    I think Microsoft is trying to make us save all our files on their system! This is the reason for all this talk of 'freeing space' on our computers! Shame on you Microsoft!

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  5. Anonymous
    2017-11-02T16:16:41+00:00

    nothing happens when you press windows button + r....?

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