Turn off Windows Update

So if you want to be evil and disable the ability for windows to run windows update here are the codes:

HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoft
WindowsCurrentVersionPolicies

WindowsUpdateDisableWindowsUpdateAccess
ExplorerNoWindowsUpdate

Just set both of those to true in your registry and you will turn that sucker off, or if someone activated this on your PC this is how to reverse it...

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