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
    2018-03-15T04:54:45+00:00

    Yes I know there are some 3rd party solutions to stopping updates.

    The point I was trying to make is that Microsoft has many areas in their system that would imply that we can choose to disable or delete items we don't want to accept, but after we make those choices Microsoft re-enables or reinstalls them.

    Another area they do this is for wake timers. I would clear a box that allows the item to wake my pc, then sometime later it becomes checked again.

    If Microsoft feels they know how my pc should be used, then they should just eliminate the options instead of pretending I have some sort of control over them.

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-03-15T05:04:56+00:00

    To make all of you happy contact Microsoft and urge them to release a version of their Windows 10 LTSB for those who do not want any of the updates and other fixes that users of Windows 10 Home and Windows 10 Pro will have. 

    Currently available only to Enterprise Users an even more stripped down version of the LTSB would sole most of the problems being expressed here and leave the rest of us to enjoy all the advantages of new programs, features, and updates without listening to all these complaints.

    https://www.howtogeek.com/273824/windows-10-without-the-cruft-windows-10-ltsb-explained/

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-03-15T12:51:16+00:00

    an even more stripped down version of the LTSB would solve most of the problems being expressed here

    Or create new ones...

    C.f. (image supporting this statement)

    The Dialog at the left is the corrupted Windows 10 1709, the right side is the clean installed Windows 10 1709.

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  4. Anonymous
    2018-03-15T13:09:41+00:00

    That is always possible, of course. But anyone (ANYONE) can TRY an evaluation copy of the Windows 10 Enterprise LTSB for three months free and find out,

    Small business owners especially would benefit from this trial, I should think.

    https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/

    Just click "Get Started" then select "Windows" on the next page then select "Windows 10 Enterprise" then choose the "iso ltsb" box and click "Continue" and off you go to the wonderful world of no bloatware and no annoying forced updates.

    (set a restore point before you do all this, of course).

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  5. Anonymous
    2018-03-15T16:39:27+00:00

    I can see how volunteer helpers want to stop "listening to all these complaints".

    I'll repeat my situation again. Had Windows 7 & got free update to Windows 10 v1511.

    Unable to install any other UPGRADES v1607, 1703, 1709 because Acer says my pc is NOT compatible with them.

    Yet Microsoft INSISTS on downloading on my not-unlimited bandwidth and tying up my pc for HOURS and then reverting back to v1511 at every opportunity they can.

    Do you consider this an unreasonable complaint?

    Please do not tell me it's time to get a new pc.

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