Press the window key and R.
At the run prompt type services.msc
That brings up the list of services. Locate Windows Update Service, and stop it.
Then double click on it and find "Startup type" about the middle of the box.
Change that to disabled.

Now, know that at some point you WILL have to allow updates, but you don't have to leave them on to be force fed to your computer while you sleep.

The is something going on with Chrome as well. Since the update to version

Version 59.0.3071.115 (Official Build) (64-bit)

I have a few web sites that will now not open. They must have changed something in the way they handle the security certificate from those sites. One of them is my bank and another is USTNVOW, a streaming TV site that I use a lot. I have had to load Firefox onto one PC just to access those pages.

Sometimes I hate computers.

PS. Turning off a service is basic basics in computerland. Nothing more "savvy" about it than basic file management.

Last edited by eddie1261; 07/10/17 03:20 AM.