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
    2018-03-02T20:34:50+00:00

    so its been more than a week since I was able to delete the update assistant using the steps I wrote above... and it hasn't come back at all

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-03-02T19:23:49+00:00

    So i think I've solved the issue. The update may be infected, at least it probably was for me. I troubleshooted it by downloading a thing from microsoft in order to fix it. Once that happened, I did the update and havent seen it since

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-03-01T20:13:55+00:00

    Thats a virus from windows whıch we cant control or delete ıt permently. I have the same problem more then 3 mounths. 

     u cant control ur own pc. they are not asking u that u wanna do this update or not. And worse part is coming that update cannot finish complety. WHY? cause microsoft workers cant create a perfect update. they only know to rape ur pc. thats why ı give up windows 10 ı start to use İOS system as least they are asking every step WHİCH EVERY ONE MUST DO cause THESE ARE OUR OWN PC not belong to İDİOT MICROSOFT.

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  4. Anonymous
    2018-02-24T23:59:19+00:00

    Tried removing it, only to have it pop up 10 minutes later, remove it again and back it comes. Even with windows update set to disabled, all the task scheduler tasks removed and some really bad language it still comes back. Is there any way to permenantly stop the annoying thing?

    MS is an absolute DISGRACE, I HATE it.

    I tried and installed the latest windows 10 build, and HATED IT, as they did away with all my customizations, such as the programs menu. So I downgraded to what I had previously, and installed the updates manually.

    Turns out this disgraced updater is freaking annoying, I already disabled the schedule tasks related to it, and it still keeps coming back.

    I'm afraid that it will reinstall the version that I hated, so what's the point, if I already installed and uninstalled?

    Doesn't stupid MS know that I already installed, deprecated the new version, and downgraded on purpose? In this case you shouldn't be shoving this update down our throats.

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  5. Anonymous
    2018-02-22T12:38:51+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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