Is it possible to permanently delete windows 10 update assistant?

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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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Anonymous

2018-03-16T00:49:07+00:00

My model is no longer actively supported by Acer and there are no updates available.

What is your model? Just because Acer doesn't want to support it doesn't mean that others may have found a way to use W10 successfully.
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Anonymous

2018-03-15T23:35:50+00:00

I have tried just about everything to get the Upgrades to work, except a clean install which I'm unwilling to do, and I suspect that might not even work if the pc is not compatible.

If I did do a clean install it will definitely be Windows 7.

My model is no longer actively supported by Acer and there are no updates available.
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Anonymous

2018-03-15T17:50:14+00:00

OK...but it kind of IS.... you can always try updating you acer hardware and drivers fro https://www.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/drivers

and see if that fixes some of your compatibility issues.
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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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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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