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
    2018-01-27T19:57:50+00:00

    Hi guys,

    It's just to update you about my current situation with the Windows Update assistant!

    I have uninstalled the Windows Update

    After which I opened my Microsoft 'Services' Console, found the Windows Update service, instead of leaving it on 'manual start' I disabled it! Then, within the same pop-up window, I went to the 'recovery' tab, and set it to 'take no action' (if you are with me for the moment).

    After that I opened the 'Dependencies' tab. There I found out that if I could disable the following system components - DCOM and RPC I would be able to get rid of the Windows Update forever!

    Microsoft however doesn't allow me to disable these two components!

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-01-28T02:21:15+00:00

    So here's what I tried, and it seems to be working so far. (Found the answer on another forum)

    1. Type "Task Scheduler" in the search bar next to the windows icon in the lower left corner. A window will pop up.
    2. On the left hand side, click Task Scheduler Library>Microsoft>Windows>UpdateOrchestrator. Once you click on "UpdateOrchestrator", you will see a list become populated in the center upper portion of the window.
    3. What you want to do at this point is DISABLE "UpdateAssistant" and "UpdateAssistantCalendarRun". Voila. Windows 10 Update Assistant will be dead forever and you are free to use your perfectly working as-is PC indefinitely without interruptions.

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-01-28T09:25:47+00:00

    Don't you just love Microsoft windows 10.

    Just tried this and this is what I got.

    Now I wonder what is a target of an invocation, I might have to get back to you in a year or so when I have worked it out.

    I love it, give me a 1960's Sinclair calculator that never went wrong

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  4. Anonymous
    2018-01-28T09:32:45+00:00

    So here's what I tried, and it seems to be working so far. (Found the answer on another forum)

    1. Type "Task Scheduler" in the search bar next to the windows icon in the lower left corner. A window will pop up.
    2. On the left hand side, click Task Scheduler Library>Microsoft>Windows>UpdateOrchestrator. Once you click on "UpdateOrchestrator", you will see a list become populated in the center upper portion of the window.
    3. What you want to do at this point is DISABLE "UpdateAssistant" and "UpdateAssistantCalendarRun". Voila. Windows 10 Update Assistant will be dead forever and you are free to use your perfectly working as-is PC indefinitely without interruptions.

    Hi Andrew

    I done that a long time back and update assistant came back again.

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  5. Anonymous
    2018-01-29T18:11:55+00:00

    So here's what I tried, and it seems to be working so far. (Found the answer on another forum)

    1. Type "Task Scheduler" in the search bar next to the windows icon in the lower left corner. A window will pop up.
    2. On the left hand side, click Task Scheduler Library>Microsoft>Windows>UpdateOrchestrator. Once you click on "UpdateOrchestrator", you will see a list become populated in the center upper portion of the window.
    3. What you want to do at this point is DISABLE "UpdateAssistant" and "UpdateAssistantCalendarRun". Voila. Windows 10 Update Assistant will be dead forever and you are free to use your perfectly working as-is PC indefinitely without interruptions.

    Hi Andrew

    I done that a long time back and update assistant came back again.

    I think I have found a way to get rid of these updates.

    I have made a video on youtube.

    https://youtu.be/1iIBBkQeZhA

    That was the only way so far

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